Easy Like Sunday Morning
So we hit the 1770 markets first up, they are held on the second and fourth Sunday of the month. To be honest, a little sparse this time, when we were there before, there were camel rides, you couldn't park your car anywhere near the site and were spoilt for choice with stalls. This time there were some second hand books, a few produce stalls, some honey stalls and coffee stand. Nothing I was that inspired to look like a crazy taking pictures of.
I did pick up a bunch of Dragon Fruit (is there a collective term for a group of these? A bushel? A Bunch? A prickle?) They are pretty small and I have no idea what I am going to do with them, still, a beautiful fruit.
Add in some more colour because a parental unit was feeling guilty about the sun burn. Its a pre breakfast dairy .. uh.. pro..biotic...? Do you believe me?
For breakfast we went to a small cafe on the bay, beautiful view, interesting set up. First visit - all I will say is that in an area with no competition, we were the only people there at 930 on a Sunday - Perhaps everyone was at church.
Same breakfast all around... ( I don't think they were at church ).
The next place I wanted to take you was to the fish market. What I always loved about it was you could find something really fresh no mater what time of day. One of their functions was to sell on the plentiful fish hobby fisherman caught and didn't keep. So you could always get something different. Huge cool shed that specialised in cooking fresh prawns constantly for sandwiches and crabs. I always thought it was pretty busy.
But perhaps not. I guess its downfall was that it was quite away out of town, away from the beach and you really had to be looking for those kind of things to find it. Not really a drop in discovery.
So that was disappointing. This was all the fresh I could find to show you. Don't ask me what they are. Fishes? I would say whiting but I tend to call any fish I catch a Whiting or a Bream because thats all I know! Fun Test - is it Bream as in Dream or Bream as in Brim?
There is only one correct answer - and its the way I say it. Even though every Aussie around here does the opposite.
I didn't bother with any fresh fish, I did pick up this from the freezer though. I felt I couldn't leave empty handed.
As it was a closing down sale we were only charged $25.
After that discouraging adventure it was time for some vitamin sea - for like 10 minutes because of the kid with no skin.
Chinamans Beach. (For better and worse, Australia is not quite up with some of the worlds PC-ness, sometimes that makes me feel really refreshed in a world gone mad, other times, its the uncomfortable I can't believe its called that / you can sell those). Well worth a look if you get to come here, a lot quieter than main beach, a 'locals' beach rather than a tourist beach. I don't think the Backpackers have found it yet, but there are no lifeguards so - swimming is for the capable.
Swimming is for the crazy in my opinion. The ocean petrifies me, but so does the sea, and rivers, creeks, and bodies of water that are not perfectly clear and not a swimming pool.
