Sunday Lunch

Lindsey, Ian, Stella and I went to The Boatshed by Lake Wendouree for lunch yesterday.

Lindsey, Stella, Jim and I went there for afternoon tea in June and very much enjoyed it. We said then that we should go and try them for lunch.

I booked the table on Saturday, and asked for a wheelchair accessible table. The table they selected for us was right at the back of the restaurant, on a part of the floor which is out over the lake. More than accessible and with the best of views. It was lovely. (It would have been even lovelier if the sun had been out, but you can't have everything :-D )

Photo from Lindsey

Photo from Lindsey

View from our table

We decided to share a seafood platter, which is intended for two. Past experiences suggest that a seafood platter for two is often too much for two, so we decided to share it between the four of us and get another couple of sides. It was exactly enough food for us all, although next time we would get a second plate of chips. There weren't quite enough chips for us to share. We do like our chips!

Photo from Lindsey

Seafood platter - photo from Lindsey

Flags in Australia are flying at half mast at the moment, apart from between 12 noon and dusk local times yesterday when Charles was ceremonially named as King of Australia in Canberra, and in the various states and territories. In Ballarat the public flags are mostly, I believe, managed by volunteers and I wondered if there were enough volunteers to raise them and then lower them again at the appropriate times.

The flag people at the lake managed just fine:

The flags, viewed from our table,
just before midday

and just after midday