Wiseman's Ferry Day 2

Love this picture =D

Hangman's Rock - stories suggest that they hung convicts here

As part of the deal, we were given daily breakfast buffets. This was located in their restaurant, Riverbend. Breakfast comprised of the normal hot food offered at buffets including scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns and so on; cereal, fruit, juices, tea and coffee were also available.

We started day 2 with breakfast and decided to follow the self drive tour of Wiseman's Ferry which was given to us at the Retreat information.

One part of the drive was a walk on The Old Great North Road which was built by convicts. It was interesting to read about how they had built a road with no heavy machinery's and technology that we have today, yet they were able to build it with no problem.

Gate to the road

You can still see where they drilled the holes and put the gunpowder in to blast the rocks

Lunch or afternoon tea consisted of devonshire tea which the boy had never tried before. He quite enjoyed the scones that were offered. They were different from the one's you get at High Teas as they were baked in individual rounds but baked as a whole and cut up and later toasted. It was quite tasty, but denser then the ones I've tried before. It was not til after we left Wiseman's Ferry did we find out from Mr B that the place we went were known for their super duper large burgers! Will have to drive there again and try that out.

The Fickle Wombat - known for their massive burgers

Friendly visitor who wouldn't move

Devonshire Tea $8

For dinner we decided to dine at the local bistro, Wiseman's Steakhouse Bistro. There were many selections of beef, some where you can cook your own steak on the provided BBQ's outside. I had a sudden craving for a fat juicy burger and the one on offer from the Steakhouse definitely satisfied my craving. The meat patty was so juicy, bursting with flavour! It didn't look like much but OMG!!! Orgasmic!!
The boy settled on a chicken schnitzel with mushroom sauce.. the mushroom sauce by the way was devine!! YUM!! Love anything with mushrooms!

Chicken Schnitzel with mushroom sauce ($16.90)

May look quite average but man the beef patty was so juicy and flavourful (Big Beef Burger $12.50)

For dessert they had an apple and rhubarb crumble served with ice cream. As the kitchen was open, I could see that the apple and rhubarb crumble came from the fridge and popped into the microwave. Didn't have high hopes for the dessert, the crumble was not a crumble but more of a sugary sand like topping. The only good thing about the dessert was the ice cream. Quite disappointed there. However the bistro does serve quite big servings and their beef is very tasty, just stay away from their dessert.

 

The not so good dessert

The Fickle Wombat
29 Bulga Street
St Albans NSW 2775

Ph: (02) 4568 2078

Wiseman's Ferry Inn
6 Old Northern Road,
Wisemans Ferry
Ph: 02 4566 4301
www.wisemanshotel.com.au

Wiseman's Ferry - Day 1

So sorry for being MIA for so long.. with all the assignments and exams all at the one time, didn't have time to blog.. Now that I'm on uni break, hopefully I can catch up on blogging ^^

The boy had bought a scoopon voucher for a 2 night stay at Australis Retreat at Wiseman's Ferry quite a while ago. It gave us a good chance to escape the city and just relax especially after finishing our exams.

We headed out on Friday afternoon and arrived at approximately 530pm. After checking in, we explored the area and then tried to find a place to have dinner. After googling, we eventually decided on dinner at Windsor which is about a half hour drive away. Dinner was at a small Italian restaurant located on one of the side streets of Windsor. We started off with the usual garlic bread, which was tasty but very oily.. you were left with the feeling like you had put on too much lipgloss.

Garlic Bread $4.50

Mains were the Windsor special which had chicken, avocado and mushrooms in a tomato cream sauce. Nothing too special about it, it was satisfying but something I could have probably whipped up myself.

Windsor Special $24

The boy had the Risotto special which had bacon, prawn, cherry tomatoes in a rose sauce. This however was extremely tasty, the smokiness of the bacon was just right.. very subtle giving the dish a whole different level. I was pretty envious at his choice as usually when we dine out, I pick dishes that makes him want to continuously steal spoonfuls from my dish.

Risotto Special $26

Australis Retreat at Wisemans
5564 Old Northern Road
Wisemans Ferry

(02) 4566 4422

www.wisemans.com.au/

Bivano's Italian & Seafood Restaurant
9 Barker Street
Windsor
Ph: 02 4587 8499
http://www.bivianos.com.au/