Apollo Bay Seafood & Music



Pisces Park, Apollo Bay

Parrots

The day  has blue skies and no clouds just a slight misty haze. The walk along the walking track on the edge of the beach is very relaxing just what we expected. We pass an old gnarled tree and pause to watch the parrots chattering and cavorting in the branches. Apollo Bay is full today lots of people taking the opportunity to visit the seafood and music festival, just like us. We find a couple of vacant chairs in the marquee and watch a band before the main local celebrity chef begins is cookery demonstration – how to cook crayfish, Greek style. Now he is obviously an excellent chef but his presentation skills need honing, Dave and I are constantly whispering to each other what was that he did/added? There’s no chance we’ll be recreating his dish, we did get to try a smidgen of it however. Appetite wetted, the food stalls outside beckon, the barbequed scallop kebabs were mouth wateringly good.

Dave on Apollo Bay Beach or part of it

We continued our “stroll” (Dave declares it a full days hike, but he was in flip flops) to the harbour to watch the fishermen loading a boat with fish to the Sydney fish market and others just trying their luck off the harbour wall. A bit further on we reach another deserted beach with amazing views of the next bay. Enough is enough it’s time to head back to town for an ice-cream from Dooleys. A sit down in the cool of the marque while we watch more live music and cookery demonstrations – this time paella – I’ve cooked a few of these in the past. Time to “stroll” home, apparently it’s 1,800 steps to and from Apollo Bay from where we are (Dave wants a refund on the holiday if he gains as much as an ounce in weight) and we’re going to do it all again tonight!


After strolling back to Apollo Bay we hungrily survey the options for an evening meal and eventually settle on George’s. It’s not very glamorous, in fact it’s a large take away food court but we won’t be taking ours away it’ll be cold by the time we walk back to Pisces holiday village. What’s attracted us? well the fish bar at the back is doing a roaring trade, always a good sign and we’re not disappointed. The fishermen’s platter for 2 consists of 2 large fillets of fish, 2 large prawns, 2 crabsticks and 2 scallops accompanied by fresh coleslaw, greek salad and chips, I don’t know how we finished it but we did. The walk home was much slower and dark as there are no street lights but nature provides its own form of lighting in the form of lightening. Fortunately the rain waits for us to reach the motorhome.