Emu Bay Rhododendron Garden

A lovely trip to Burnie today with my friend of 41 years, Linda. The Autumn leaves at the Emu Bay Rhododendron Garden are beautiful. I even got to use my knowledge of Chinese provinces to help us find our way around as there are Chinese, Japanese, Nepali Bhutanese and North American sections. 

We then went in search of a streetside baked goods stall my friend Sharon had told me about. We can recommend the caramel hedgehog slice! It was yummy and great value at $5 for eight pieces. 

On the way home I had a stop at Anvers for hot chocolate and watched them making their Winter special, chocolate covered marshmallows (not yet for sale) and discovered they're now giving away their samples in little bags. Similar to the bags you get when you buy a takeaway hot chocolate.

I'd never stopped at the Big Spud, so decided to do that and was disappointed to discover no vegetables for sale. 

My final stop was Ashgrove, which Facebook tells me I last visited exactly three years ago. The fancy new building is nice but I miss what it was like twenty years ago when I lived on the NW coast and would often stop in for free samples and discounted offcuts.