Strahan – Sheffield

Today we walked into town and enjoyed another great breakfast and read the paper. We were talking to more and more people and really feeling comfortable in the town. There seems to be lots of work from many different industries; mining, fishing, fish farming, working the old reclaimed huon pine logs, forestry, tree farming, tourism. There also seems to be people drawn there from all over. Looks like a great spot.

We decided we should get a move on to make it to Sheffield for the SteamFest 2009. We arrived late in the afternoon just in time to park the van at the oval and walk into town for dinner. Found a fabulous café for dinner and had the most fantastic dinner. They said they weren’t normally open for dinner, but did because of the show. The place was packed. Turned out there was also a Rodeo on 15kms out of town as well as a huge rowing event at Lake Barrington just up the road. Apparently all the accommodation around was booked out for miles. Great to see such a nice place buzzing with life.