Devil's Corner, Bicheno and Swansea

Scott had a one off job to do in Swansea on Saturday and as it is a 2 hour drive each way we thought we would make a mini trip out of it as I wasn't keen on him driving there, working then driving back home in one day, so we left on Friday morning and stayed overnight in Swansea. We had lunch at Devil's Corner cellar door.

As Devil's Corner is a bit further than Swansea we headed straight there for some lunch and wine tasting.

Devil's Corner cellar door is located by the edge of Moulting Lagoon between Bicheno and Swansea on the beautiful east coast providing spectacular views across the Lagoon to the Hazards at Coles Bay.

You can also purchase some Tasmanian produce as well as their wines.

We had Tasmanian caught fish with chips and mussels with chilli and coconut from The Fishers located next to the cellar door. They serve fresh seafood from the Lagoon and local fish straight off the boats.

Once our bellies were full we headed a little further on to Bicheno where we went to see the blowhole.

The blowhole is made of granite and for thousands of years, the ocean has battered the granite to carve out a sea cave underneath the coast. The water battering the inside of the cave with increasing force, found a weak spot in the ceiling to blow a hole through the granite. Now water rushes into the cave, hits the walls, swells with increasing pressure and erupts with various force out of the hole in the ceiling creating a geyser effect making for a spectacular show, especially when the ocean is angry!
(info sourced here)

We were quite amused by this combi parked in the car park 😀

We then headed back to Swansea to check in to the guest house and have a little wander around.

We took some odds and ends with us to make up a grazing platter for tea which we ate out on the balcony as it was a lovely evening.

We then watched a movie before bed.

After a delicious breakfast at the guest house, Scott went to work while I packed up and went for a wander round town before he collected me and travelled back home.

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