Today we had a most amazing trip given to Mal for his 60th birthday from our son Michael and partner Kathy.

We took an unforgettable tour, exploring the incredibly remote waterways and wilderness of Bathurst Harbour and the South West World Heritage Wilderness only accessible by plane or boat. No roads or cars !!! Our aircraft flew into this remote area via the South West Coast. Departing Cambridge airport, we made our way down the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, over Bruny Island, past the mouth of the Huon River and on to Recherche Bay. Recherche Bay is located on the extreme south-eastern corner of Tasmania and was a landing place of the d’Entrecasteaux exhibition to find missing explorer La Perouse. It is named after the Recherche, one of the expedition’s ships.We entered the South West World Heritage Area at South East Cape, Tasmania’s most southern point, and made our way west, on to Melaleuca.

After landing at Melaleuca, we boarded one of their boats, for a boat trip on Melaleuca Inlet and into Bathurst Harbour, from where we were able to witness the wilderness from a viewpoint that you are unable to appreciate by air or by foot.

We then reboarded our aircraft, and returned to Cambridge Airport, via the spectacular Eastern Arthurs and Federation Peak, down the Huon Valley and over Hobart City. The plane flew through a bit of turbulence dropping about 10 meters (??) suddenly a number of times. I felt like I needed a nip of the Lark Whisky given to Mal from Bec and Steve for his birthday !!!!

The pilot even flew us right over our new home at Sandford.

It was incredible. Certainly an experience of a lifetime !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mal enjoyed his 60th birthday and a wonderful few days at a beautiful retreat near Cradle Mountain and the Western Tiers in north west Tasmania.

Eagle Nest Retreat was amazing. A luxury accommodation  getaway including massage and a private chef and inside and outside spas!!!! We experienced exquisite landscape and sensational mountain views from a stunning contemporary Retreat, which is close to Cradle Mountain’s pristine wilderness and was exclusively ours. Eagle Nest Retreat overlooks Mount Roland.

On the night of his birthday we were spoilt with a delicious meal cooked in our retreat by chef Nick Sallese. Nick trained locally as a qualified Pastry Chef and has worked at establishments such as the Myer Patisserie floor in Perth, Western Australia, the Golden Tulip Bakery and Patisserie in Sandy Bay, Tasmania and at Klaas Bakehouse in Devonport. Nick has a strong Italian heritage and his cooking reflect his Mediterranean roots. Nick has travelled to his family’s province of Tuscany to learn traditional family recipes and authentic Italian cooking techniques. Nick is also very interested in wine, beers and liqueurs and has started producing his own Limoncello (Italian Lemon Based Liquor ) to his father’s recipe which we really enjoyed to finish our meal.