Great Lunch at Picnic Bay

Saturday 15^th August 2015

After a coolish start the day warmed up to be another very pleasant day. We walked to Picnic bay late morning, this time walking along Nelly Bay beach until we came to the headland, and then rejoined the road to get over it.

Nelly Bay Beach at mid tide

Mark and Janet rode their folding bikes and we agreed we would meet up at the Picnic Bay Hotel for lunch.

Mark and Janet arrive by bike

The hotel was not as busy as last week, but we are all quickly taken by the days lunch special, Beer Battered Barramundi with Salt and Pepper Squid and chips (all for $15). After waiting a bit longer than we thought we should have to, we enquired when our meal was coming  only to be told that they had run out of Barramundi. I am not sure how long they would have let us sit there before eventually having to come and tell us.

Anyway, the young French chef appeared to apologise and said that the special had been changed to lamb chops, but if we really wanted fish, he would supply the original order using coral trout instead of barramundi. Not surprisingly we quickly accepted is offer. It was fantastic.

Having enjoyed a great lunch and a few cold beers we walked home, planning to return to the Picnic Bay Hotel to watch the Bledisloe Cup at 5.30pm where we could see it on a big screen. This time we caught the bus (having already walked over 8 km up and back the first time), and found a seat where we could get a good view of the screen. We left before the match was over, as we could no longer watch the hammering the All Blacks were giving the Wallabies.

Back at the boat we had a BBQ on Mica.