On Our Way
1st February 2018
We left home at just after 7am to brave the Sydney traffic on the first leg of our trip to Tasmania. Tonight we intend to stay in Glenrowan, just over the Victorian border and famous because it was where Ned Kelly was finally captured.
It took 3 hours to get to Goulburn, where we stopped to stretch our legs and had a cup of coffee at Trappers Bakery, a popular roadside stop (especially for grey nomads).
After a further 3 hours we arrived in Holbrook and had lunch at the Submarine Cafe, located just behind HMAS Otway (it is only the outer casing of the submarine), which sits high and dry in a park by the roadside in the main street. The food is always quite good there and we weren't disappointed.
The final leg of our trip to Glenrowan was shorter, arriving in town at 3.30pm.
Rather than check in to our motel immediately, we drove out to one of our favourite wineries, Booth's Taminick Cellars. As you can imagine, at 4 pm on a Thursday afternoon, there was not a lot of activity at the cellar door. Everything was wide open and you could have helped yourself. We tried to call the mobile number left near the front door if the place was unattended, but had no luck.
As we were about to leave a small tractor turned up, and one of the Booths ( Peter) rushed to our assistance. He is certainly the spitting image of old Cliff Booth who used to attend the cellar door door in the old days.
We tasted most of their small range and bought a few to take on our trip to enjoy in Tasmania. We will order some of the new vintage Shiraz to be released soon when we get back to Sydney.
They have also opened a boutique brewery on site, called The Black Dog Brewery. We will save a tasting experience of the beers for another time.
It was then off to our accommodation for the night, The Kelly Country Motel, next to the famous Glenrowan Hotel. It a small typical country motel with good clean rooms and friendly owners.
After assessing the dinner options, we decided to eat at the Hotel, there being few other alternatives.
The motel owners have highly recommended the chef there !
We left home at just after 7am to brave the Sydney traffic on the first leg of our trip to Tasmania. Tonight we intend to stay in Glenrowan, just over the Victorian border and famous because it was where Ned Kelly was finally captured.
It took 3 hours to get to Goulburn, where we stopped to stretch our legs and had a cup of coffee at Trappers Bakery, a popular roadside stop (especially for grey nomads).
After a further 3 hours we arrived in Holbrook and had lunch at the Submarine Cafe, located just behind HMAS Otway (it is only the outer casing of the submarine), which sits high and dry in a park by the roadside in the main street. The food is always quite good there and we weren't disappointed.
The final leg of our trip to Glenrowan was shorter, arriving in town at 3.30pm.
Rather than check in to our motel immediately, we drove out to one of our favourite wineries, Booth's Taminick Cellars. As you can imagine, at 4 pm on a Thursday afternoon, there was not a lot of activity at the cellar door. Everything was wide open and you could have helped yourself. We tried to call the mobile number left near the front door if the place was unattended, but had no luck.
As we were about to leave a small tractor turned up, and one of the Booths ( Peter) rushed to our assistance. He is certainly the spitting image of old Cliff Booth who used to attend the cellar door door in the old days.
We tasted most of their small range and bought a few to take on our trip to enjoy in Tasmania. We will order some of the new vintage Shiraz to be released soon when we get back to Sydney.
They have also opened a boutique brewery on site, called The Black Dog Brewery. We will save a tasting experience of the beers for another time.
It was then off to our accommodation for the night, The Kelly Country Motel, next to the famous Glenrowan Hotel. It a small typical country motel with good clean rooms and friendly owners.
After assessing the dinner options, we decided to eat at the Hotel, there being few other alternatives.
The motel owners have highly recommended the chef there !
A quick stroll next door revealed an abandoned main street and a few cars parked outside the hotel. As we entered the bar area there were probably 5 or 6 locals in there having a beer. The big surprise was when we went out the back to the bistro. The place was packed and for a moment we were concerned we should have booked.
The waitress found us a table and gave us menus which was basically good hearty pub food, with a couple of daily specials.
When we placed our food order we were warned that there would be a wait of around 30 mins as the kitchen was flat out.
The food was good and the helpings generous.
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