Nan arrives today at Launceston Airport, so we hit the shops to stock up on supplies for the next 5 days and a few last minute Christmas presents.
After collecting our extra passenger we head for Deloraine to find a pub for lunch, then a lovely rural drive to our accommodation. Past poppy fields, paddocks of potatoes and we lost track of the number of road kill.
We arrived at ‘Button Cottage’ Nietta – our home for the next 5 nights. It was prettier than a postcard, sitting pretty in a cleared paddock with a carpet of soft lush grass surrounding it.
To our surprise, an echidna was making a bee line to our dwelling, it was so calm and cute, we were able to watch it scratching, feeding on ants and many more crawling all over it.
Our weather apps forecast cloudy and possible rain for Xmas & boxing days, so an outing on our 1st day at Button Cottage is the go. Devils Gullet seems so close, just past Mount Roland, which is within view. 2 hours later – through windy roads and farming land to arrive at a plateau, a short walk to the stunning view to Western Walls of Jerusalem and Cradle Mountain perched on top of a precarious landing was awesome.
Back home for more fun on the lawn / carpet and to let Santa know where to find us.
Merry Christmas, how lovely it was to have Nanna here at our lovely reside, to enjoy a morning of presents and then fun and games using them all. A great day of fab food and fun.
Boxing day today, a couple of outings to silver falls – only 2 minutes away on our pushies, it was lush after rain overnight, bit cold though – beanies required!
More fun on the lawn with new xmas presents and strolls around the property and a lovely Full Moon tonight too.
A trip for supplies today, but first stop a detour to Leven Canyon, which was looking greener, and with more river flow, than our visit 2 years prior. Then north to Penguin Markets to stock up on lovely fresh vegetables and local pink eye spuds. Then lunch at a local Tapas bar.
