Bruny Island has been a lot of fun. Being a little bit isolated, it has a real community feel to the place. It’s almost like the Bruny folk are just one big family, which is possibly not as silly as it seems. Although the folk in the North don’t get on so well with the folk of the South & vice versa. Everyone here was very helpful and cheerful and more than just a little bit querky. 

Bruny Island Premium Wines was a great Gluten Free Friendly place to have lunch after a not terribly productive “Kooks on Tour” trip to Cloudy Bay.  Mind you, the frothing grommet (Jayne) had already had an early morning surf at the Neck, across the road from our camp site. At lunch we toasted Jayne catching waves, unassisted.

And then there’s the Chocolate Factory… It was actually a fudge and trinket shop. They no longer conduct chocolate factory tours because??? ummm, maybe health regulations? I’m sure there was a good reason. I think it’s because they only make fudge these days. And, it wasn’t so much a factory as a shed. There was a video of fudge being made in the shed/factory (allegedly).  Willy Wonka would have been very very disappointed. The fudge was OK. Especially the ginger one. No penguins were harmed in the making of any fudge.

We’ve been on some pretty rough tracks but not done a lot of beach driving up to this point. Jayne did a great job. 



 We spotted a white wallaby during our wanderings. These are unique to Bruny Island although I suspect this one may have been kept (protected) as a pet. It looked like it may have been fenced in, but they can jump a bit. 





Not to appear rude, we were compelled to have a drink at the Bruny Hotel.

Lots of traffic on the Island – not.



 

When one Wefie is not enough





Our set up for a day on Cloudy Beach. 

We discovered later that you are only supposed to drive on the beach to launch a boat or get to the camp at the other end of the beach. We were parked here for most of the day & had a top day. Can you classify a mal surfboard as a boat?

The frothing Grommet sneaking an early surf before we had to leave to catch the ferry & head to Hobart

The nights have been fine for sitting around the camp fire waxing lyrical about everything & nothing or just looking up at the ceiling.  

The tradition of Kooks on Tour continues and we have had many a wandering in the wilderness in search of waves. Sometimes these quests are successful and result in waves being surfed but quite often they just end up being a good way to work up an appetite and get a bit of exercise and see some amazing scenery while traversing rugged terain in the appropriate footware. i.e. “Kooks on Thongs”. 

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