There and Back Again
...so much for financial resolutions.
I liked Albany. And Denmark, and Torbay. Gorgeous place. Almost got to fish. And an amazing farmer's market every Saturday. Had to restrain myself from buying a nearly three kilo chicken, as we were not going to be able to cook it. Asparagus season, and heavenly it was!
Pity about the weather. We were hit by a supercell that brought stupid amounts of rain and hail, not to mention very low temperatures - it got to a maximum of 9.4 C at 2.30pm at the local airport yesterday - after several straight hours of hail. Hence the bit about not getting to fish. :?
Just going to list my haul, very shortly.
From Bartholomew's Meadery:
1 jar of virgin Karri honey
1 jar of honey and sesame spread
From the Mt Romance sandalwood factory:
2 x 10 stick pack of sandalwood incense
1 x 12 stick pack of sandalwood and jasmine incense
1 x small bottle of Winter Blues essential oil blend - sandalwood, chamomile, rosemary, Siberian Fir and Canadian Cedar
1 x small tube of Damage Control - sandalwood, tea tree oil antibacterial gel.
From the Denmark bakery:
1.5 kg white spelt flour
1.5 kg wholemeal spelt flour
From True Blue Providore:
200g hot-smoked pink snapper
100g hot-smoked chicken thigh
From The Lake House winery:
1 x T-shirt, saying, "Life gets better with wine".
From The Wine and Truffle Company:
1 x T-shirt, saying, "Earthy and Seductive".
From Great Southern Distillery:
1 x bottle Plum Port - pressie for Unca P.
From West Cape Howe:
1 x 2008 Late-picked Riesling
2 x 2007 Cabernet Merlot
From Madfish:
2 x 2009 Sangiovese Rose
2 x 2007 Carnelian (a hybrid grape produced when a Texan wanted to plant Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1950's.)
2 x 2009 Late-harvest Riesling
2 x 2008 Unoaked Chardonnay
From Alkoomi:
2 x 2007 Shiraz
1 x 2007 Shiraz Viognier
1 x 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
1 x 2005 Blackbutt
1 x 2005 Jarrah
From Duckett's Mill:
1 x Marsala
2 x 100g Golden Hill Cheddar
2 x 100g Styx River Swiss
From Peel Estate:
1 x 2001 Shiraz (It was only released this May!)
If it wasn't for the near-dearth of high end food in the area (and Wild Duck was closed for their yearly holiday), I would gladly move down there. Beautiful, cooler climate (never liked summers of >40C maxima), good produce, almost passes the Cappuccino Test and has an airport. As it was, I thought reallyreally hard about it.
ETA T-shirts.
I liked Albany. And Denmark, and Torbay. Gorgeous place. Almost got to fish. And an amazing farmer's market every Saturday. Had to restrain myself from buying a nearly three kilo chicken, as we were not going to be able to cook it. Asparagus season, and heavenly it was!
Pity about the weather. We were hit by a supercell that brought stupid amounts of rain and hail, not to mention very low temperatures - it got to a maximum of 9.4 C at 2.30pm at the local airport yesterday - after several straight hours of hail. Hence the bit about not getting to fish. :?
Just going to list my haul, very shortly.
From Bartholomew's Meadery:
1 jar of virgin Karri honey
1 jar of honey and sesame spread
From the Mt Romance sandalwood factory:
2 x 10 stick pack of sandalwood incense
1 x 12 stick pack of sandalwood and jasmine incense
1 x small bottle of Winter Blues essential oil blend - sandalwood, chamomile, rosemary, Siberian Fir and Canadian Cedar
1 x small tube of Damage Control - sandalwood, tea tree oil antibacterial gel.
From the Denmark bakery:
1.5 kg white spelt flour
1.5 kg wholemeal spelt flour
From True Blue Providore:
200g hot-smoked pink snapper
100g hot-smoked chicken thigh
From The Lake House winery:
1 x T-shirt, saying, "Life gets better with wine".
From The Wine and Truffle Company:
1 x T-shirt, saying, "Earthy and Seductive".
From Great Southern Distillery:
1 x bottle Plum Port - pressie for Unca P.
From West Cape Howe:
1 x 2008 Late-picked Riesling
2 x 2007 Cabernet Merlot
From Madfish:
2 x 2009 Sangiovese Rose
2 x 2007 Carnelian (a hybrid grape produced when a Texan wanted to plant Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1950's.)
2 x 2009 Late-harvest Riesling
2 x 2008 Unoaked Chardonnay
From Alkoomi:
2 x 2007 Shiraz
1 x 2007 Shiraz Viognier
1 x 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
1 x 2005 Blackbutt
1 x 2005 Jarrah
From Duckett's Mill:
1 x Marsala
2 x 100g Golden Hill Cheddar
2 x 100g Styx River Swiss
From Peel Estate:
1 x 2001 Shiraz (It was only released this May!)
If it wasn't for the near-dearth of high end food in the area (and Wild Duck was closed for their yearly holiday), I would gladly move down there. Beautiful, cooler climate (never liked summers of >40C maxima), good produce, almost passes the Cappuccino Test and has an airport. As it was, I thought reallyreally hard about it.
ETA T-shirts.