Fishermen's Wharf

After a visit to Fishermen’s Wharf it looks like Julie and I are about to become “pescetarians”.

I fell in love with this place — so many varieties of fish and other sea creatures that it made my head spin! I mean, really, who knew there were 10 kinds of octopus (seems like there should have been 8) and squid…. Oh My God! Stuff I never even heard of before…. I could cook a different item every day for 6 months and might still have things left over that I didn’t get to….

Let’s talk prices too. In the land where a grocery store steak costs upwards of $50 this place is a bargain. Imagine this, 1Kg of Ahi Tuna pieces for $10! That’s 2.2 lbs. for $10.00. Unreal. It really is the land of bargain proteins.

The Wharf isn’t simply fish purveyance either. There are restaurants that serve humungous portions of fresh seafood that make me hungry just thinking about it. Everywhere you turn there are people with decadent portions of food chomping away happily. It’s stunned me — I can’t wait to go back with Julie. Next time I’ll take my good camera and get some shots that really show this place properly. Note: Julie tells me that this is the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere… I believe it.

In other news, and for tomorrow’s blog, we have our first house guests. Annie and Christina are visiting us from California and Melbourne — two lovely, sparkling young women that we’ve enjoyed having….but that’s for tomorrow.

Today, for our Saturday exploration, we are heading to Manly. The whales are all about so we are hoping for a glimpse and definitely looking forward to returning to Manly for a good look around with residency in mind. Peace out blog stalkers!