Today, June 13, we celebrated the Queens birthday in New South Wales so it is a public holiday. It is kind of strange being in a country where, for example, at Mass yesterday we prayed for the queen as head of state - nice to still have the connection to the old empire! :-) Since we were off from work, we took a drive down to a picturesque little town called Berry, about 153 km from Sydney in the Cambewarra mountains which we have passed through before but have never had time to stop. We had lunch at a pub and walked to the main street - it has restaurants everywhere. Carmen and I had huge ice creams at a local ice-creamery - chocolate ripple and then we stopped off at arguably Berry's most well-known icon: The Famous Berry Donut Van. I had been told by a colleague that if we ever pass thru again, we had to stop. So we did. You have to wait for them as they don't stock any donuts but make them fresh while you wait. They were awesome - even though I am not a fan of cinnamon on donuts and prefer the old fashioned plain ones, I will concede that it hardly mattered here. It was a chilly, wet day and they were hot and luxuriant in your mouth, the soft dough wrapping itself around your tongue until it simply... melted away. Hmmmmm. Here are some shots of our visit, but as I have admitted before, my photography is a bit dodge. Go to http://berry.org.au/ for better pics. Cheers!
The main road of Berry.
Down one of the many little alleyways sprinkled with coffee-shops and bookshops.
Kerry my sister in law and my niece Abi in one of the sweet shops - Abi has not discovered sugar yet.
The pub where we had lunch - the face brick building. It was a little embarrassing - you're in a pub in rural Australia -not the Outback bush pub, I grant you but still, its rural Aus. And my fellow city slickers order Chai Lattes with their pub lunch! Seriously people....
A small town staple - one of the antique shops.
Same shop closer - apologies for the poor photography - I don't know if you can see how far back it goes - not small.
The Berry Museum - across the way from the pub where we had lunch - Abi and her dad heading over.
Another pedestrian area with shops all around - lots of these alcoves to discover and bric-a-bac shops to explore.
Abi meets a sheep - (a model for sale in a shop) and found him hilarious for some reason? I don't understand toddler humour yet! :-)
The Famous Berry Donut Van. Great Donuts! 3 Billion calories! Though it is well-known, if it was that famous surely you wouldn't have to state it in the name?
Down the main street - again you can see the hills in the background - one time when I wish I was a better photographer! Just to communicate visually how the town nestles amongst the mountains.
4pm on a public holiday and bumper to bumper traffic on the way to Sydney after the long weekend. We were soon to join them.
This is one street away from the main road in the photo before. Imagine this is your house: Home from work, kick off your shoes, glass of red wine, a comfy chair in front of the fireplace.
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