Gismo Queen and her King

Flinders Island Sunday 17th October 2021

When I awoke this morning, the sun was shining across the water in the most glorious way. How I enjoyed that view while sipping my morning cuppa!

 
Another relaxing morning, during which we enjoyed another delicious breakfast, elevenses, some lazy reading and eventually we got ready for our lunch at the best restaurant on the island - the Flinders Wharf. I had planned we would dine here for the celebratory dinner for my birthday but upon arriving here a) I became less keen on driving back to our accommodation in the dark with all the potholes and wildlife and b) it turns out the Wharf isn't open on a Sunday night! So, lunch it was. And what a delicious but very filling meal it was. We shared arancini balls for entree then Greg had korean chicken for mains while I had slow cooked wallaby. So delicious but unfortunately I couldn't fit dessert in afterwards! We did enjoy our first real coffee since we had been here (I brought our caravan's stove top espresso machine for our accommodation) before checking out the small gift shop they had. And then as we paid, I asked for our real treat, which had been left in the chef’s fridge last night. The story goes like this : our accommodation is owned by a lady who lives off island so she has two local people as contacts in case anything goes wrong. Mick rang me on Wednesday evening to check that everything was on track and we got chatting. He asked if we were coming over for the show to which I replied no, because when we booked, we didn't even know the show was on. I said we were actually coming to celebrate my birthday but looking forward to the Show as well. “Your birthday, hey” he ruminated....”do you like crayfish?” To which I replied a most emphatic yes so he said he would drop one off. He rang yesterday to see if we could tee up a time to do so and I told him we were going to the Wharf for lunch to which he replied he was going there for dinner last night so he would leave it with the chef. Although I really hoped the chef didn't try and create a crayfish dish for the lunch menu today!

 
So we packed our crayfish gift into the esky and headed off exploring. First stop was the beautiful Trousers Point beneath the imposing granite outcrops of Mount Strzlecki, the tallest mountain on the Island at 756m. Unfortunately, the sun wasn't shining so the sea didn't look as beautifully blue as it could have. Then around the corner to Fotheringate Bay, which I personally thought was more beautiful than Trousers Point.

When we planned this trip, I really wanted to climb Mt Strzlecki. They say to allow 4.5 hours and to do it early in the morning when the chances of cloud obscuring the views are not as great. However, the weather wasn't great on some of our mornings, and the time required was a big impost on our time together so we decided that we will just have to come back another time. As an alternative, we decided to drive up Mount Walker which is the next highest mountain. The views were certainly spectacular and you can see both sides of the island in the 360 degree views.

We then headed back to our little beach shack and enjoyed our last night there.

posted by Tracey @ 9:30 pm