I have some very, very, very sad news. The goat farm has shut down. They have decided that they weren't making any money, and it was a lot of hard work. So it is the end. We got there and they are just selling off the last of their cheeses. We bought a lot of cheese this weekend. They had a few goats that they were minding for other people (which were still adorable and very lovely and loved to be patted) but they have sold all their goats. Very, very distressingly, they had no fudge. Now none of you will ever know they joy which is lime, coconut and ginger fudge.
Otherwise I had a great weekend (apart from waking up with a massive headache on friday). First stop: the ginger factory, got a few things we need to make yummy ginger chocolates. Second stop: just past the nut place opposite the ginger factory. Mostly because Matt hates nuts with a passion and he was driving and deliberately left it too late to stop, so then we kept driving without an actual visit. Third stop: goat farm:( Fourth stop: kennilworth cheese factory - there were only two classic vintage cheddars left (not to be confused with their ordinary vintage cheddar), so we were lucky to get some (although it meant we had to buy a half round - matt didn't complain about that!). Fifth stop: Settler's rise winery - they were charging $2 to taste, I object to that in principal, so we just bought the port we wanted and left. Sixth stop: where we were staying.
We stayed at this little cottage just at the beginning of the strip of shops at montville. There was a small incident where the key we'd picked up from somewhere in brisbane wouldn't work in any of the doors and I started to freak out, but then I went back to the car and put dad's key back and found the actual key to the house which opened it just fine. The cottage has the ability to comfortably sleep 6. Fully equiped kitchen, lovely varanda, lots of puzzles and games, a tv and some stuff attached to it (didn't use the tv, couldn't comment on what was there). And it was literally next door to the first shop in the big line of shops.
Ate dinner at some little restaurant we went to on our honeymoon a couple of years ago. It was very yummy. I had snapper, oven baked with a coconut, lime and chilli sauce (delicious). Matt had venison with some sort of yummy sauce. We brought our own wine (1994 Wynn's Cab Sav). We shared an entree - coconut prawns, we also shared dessert - hot chocolate fudge cake. We went back to the cottage, but then i decided I wanted to try having a cigar with the port (as I have heard this is the way port is supposed to be drunk) so we walked the length of montville looking for somewhere that was open selling cigars - no luck. So we went home and drank some more of the wine.
Today we wandered around montville looking in all the old people shops, picked up some stocking stuffers for my nephews and nieces from the game store. Cooked ourselves some lunch (one whole swiss brown mushroom - cooked like a steak, an egg - fried, salami stuff - fried, all on ciabatta bread) and went to the maleny cheese factory. Nothing there stood out. Dropped by the ginger and nut place on the way home (I drove so magically the car was able to stop at the nut store).
Tonight we're off to an engagement party, then we will buy a cigar and I will experiment with cigars and port. (hopefully).
I am still very sad about the goat place. A period of mourning should be observed. Does anyone know where I can get goat curd from?
