Lap up life in leisurely locales at Bridport
ITINERARY
Day One: Awake to the sounds of silence or the tinkle of waves on the foreshore to start your Bridport break. After a leisurely breakfast at your digs or the coffee strip on Main Street you might consider getting in touch with your inner self by joining a morning yoga, tai chi or pilates session. Take a stroll along the Foreshore Walk, taking in a history lesson too via the story boards detailing the area’s shipping, fishing, farming and recreating days of bygone times. If you haven’t factored in much of a day for a round at the celebrated Barnbougle or Lost Farm Links courses, you could squeeze in some golf at the picturesque nine-hole Bridport Club. Wind down with a romantic drink then dinner at a choice of pubs or club. Or you could do something nice at your bolt hole with some of the North East’s freshest seasonal produce from a roadside stall. Day 2: Prepare for a wider spread of adventures with Pete of Unique Charters. Allow the crew to chopper you away on a North East Tasmania pub/vineyard crawl with a difference. Your itinerary is tailored to your wishes, but could include morning tea at Bridestowe Lavender Estate.
Then head on over to any of the vineyards of the Pipers Brook valley — Australia’s sparkling wine capital. You can take it low and slow to appreciate the spectacular coast, rolling farmland and rugged highlands on a return journey to Pyengana to view the making of and sample award winning cheeses at the Pyengana Dairy Farmgate Cafe. Back on the chopper and up to the top of the pass, where lunch beckons at Weldborough Pub. Day 3: For a little more leisurely approach to life — perhaps a stroll along the River Forest and Wildflower Reserve walking trails and heading to Adams Beach for quiet contemplation. Alternatively hop into your car and head east to Gladstone and through to Mt William National Park, or the tebrakunna visitors’ centre, interpreting the area’s indigenous past. Return via the Little Blue Lake and mountain bike Mecca, Derby. An inspection of the Legerwood tree carvings is an easy side-trip before Scottsdale with its Military Museum and Art Gallery Cafe. Day 4: Sleep in ... procrastinate over leaving blissful Bridport. As you head back to harsher reality take in some of those vineyards you missed in the Pipers Brook region or linger in a little history at George Town and Low Head.