Choccy!?

Deep fried in batter perhaps?

No this is not a spoof. On the chocolate shelf at Woolworth's supermarket in Tasmania they have this little tasty item available for Vegemite addicts. We spotted this in the rural agricultural town of Sheffield west of Launceston on a fine day out in the Derwent Valley, which appears to be a fertile piece of rural England transplanted several thousand miles south. Cadbury's also have Pretzel and Peanut flavour and Salted Caramel flavour as limited editions! Whatever next? Also in Sheffield was an Emporium - and what an emporium it was with a bizarre range of goodies, collectibles, old books, clothes, antiques, rubbish, etc, etc. The bearded long haired chap in charge clearly has his own style of marketing. Much of his stock is labelled in his own handwritten short notes many of them apparently designed to put people off!

Come on in - you'll find what you want in here!

Latest parkrun - the furthest south we've done, was at Launceston, Tasmania. A gallop along the riverbank, a quick circuit of a bushy park, (watch out for snakes!) and back down the riverbank. My best time for a while (20.13) and I arrived home in ninth. Vicky was 35.49 for 169th with round 60 or 70 behind her. A bit cooler down here which helped! Such a relief after the 30 degrees plus and humidity of Queensland. And appropriate refreshment was available after the race at St John's bar - an oasis in town, most bars served the produce of local brewer James Boag and we did indeed take a look at the old brewery dating back to 1893. Draw a line across Tasmania about halfway down and above it Boag's is the beer that you see advertised everywhere - in Hobart down south the Cascade Brewery products are ubiquitous - you don't see either in each other's territory. Fortunately there are a number of new local microbreweries such as Morrison's and Van Dieman's and St John's is the place to go to sample them - delicious!

Every day will do nicely thank you!