Back to Launceston

After a leisurely packing up process which involved more walks to the beach to find penguins / sea glass, etc we eventually got on the road and headed back towards Launceston.  We stopped along the way at a laundromat to do some bulk washing! Mars took the kids to the park and I hung out with the washing machines.

When it was all finished we continued driving to a place called The Berry Patch to enjoy some berry produce / lunch and to do some picking.  We had some pizza for lunch followed by a DESSERT pizza with berries and icecream! Yummo!

We then headed into the berry patch to do some picking.  My priority was to first try the raspberries. I don't recall every having eaten a fresh raspberry and they're more sour than I imagined. We picked there for a while then headed to the blackberries, avoiding the prickles. As the day heated up the pickers were starting to give up, so we headed over to the strawberries and filled the remainder of our containers with strawberries.  The strawberries didn't even come close to the amazing strawberries we picked at Hahndorf (Beerenburg) but they were pretty good.

We drove for about 90 minutes then met the Buists at a park in Punchbowl. It was really enjoyable - the boys loved catching up and playing a game of cricket with some kids from Pakistan.  Rowan and Isla had a blast chasing each other around which was really cute.

Eventually we had to leave the park as we still had to go and set up camp at Old Mac's Farm.  Thankfully, Dad & Mum were there so they had saved us a spot opposite them.  While we set up and got dinner sorted they showered the kids in their caravan.  After dinner and some TV in the grandparents van, the kids went to bed and Grandma looked after them while Mars and I went back to the Buists house for another quick catch up.  It was a strange feeling driving around with an empty car! The catch up was really nice and quiet... without 10 kids around!