Could this be tourists standing atop these rocks on the beach? |
The Penguin Fruit & Veg stop. |
Temperature* | |||
---|---|---|---|
Months | Normal | Warmest | Coldest |
January | - | 21.1°C | 13.2°C |
February | - | 22.1°C | 13.6°C |
March | - | 20.8°C | 12.6°C |
April | - | 18.2°C | 10.8°C |
May | - | 15.3°C | 8.7°C |
June | - | 12.9°C | 6.7°C |
July | - | 12.3°C | 5.9°C |
August | - | 13.0°C | 6.4°C |
September | - | 14.2°C | 7.6°C |
October | - | 15.8°C | 8.8°C |
November | - | 17.7°C | 10.4°C |
December | - | 19.2°C | 11.8°C |
*Temperatures are listed for Celsius. For example, the December's high of 19.2°C is equal to 66°F and the low of 11.8°C is equal to 53°F.
Penguin Memorial Library. In the back of the library there's an outdoor reading area with ocean views. |
Map of the southern portion of Australia, Tasmania as shown for Hobart and Antarctica. |
Another penguin statue. |
Penguins for sale in the Penguin Visitors Centre. |
These items aren't for sale. they were donated by locals for display purposes only. |
Next door to the Penguin Post Office is a café, the Letterbox. Notice Tom on the right wearing his new flannel shirt. |
More penguin items donated by locals which also are "not for sale." |
We'd seen this type of pine tree in Madeira, Portugal in 2014. |
Penguin statue. |
The device was only slightly higher than it would have been by ordering it at Amazon in the US. Priced at US $74, AU $99 at Harvey Norman in Burnie we avoided tax and shipping costs. With multiple plugin tips as a universal device this will work for us for these laptops and, as a backup for future laptops we'll purchase when in the US.
The Madsen Hotel is owned by an exiled Prince of Laos. More on this later. |
As for adaptation, we experienced the lack of a baking product always readily available in the US. Since Tom had only gained a few pounds on the cruise and with his birthday and Christmas on the horizon, I offered to bake a special treat for him, one of his favorite Christmas baked goods, Polish Poppy Seed Bread. (See the recipe below).
Penguin themed seesaw at local playground. |
Penguin outside the Penguin Barber Shop owned by Linda, Terry's sister. |
Christmas wreath decorations in Penguin. |
Beef marrow bone for sale in local grocery story. |
Polish Poppy Seed Bread (Strudel) Recipe
An Eastern European dessert table would invariably include something sweet made with poppy seeds, either ground or whole. This poppy seed strudel is made with a yeast dough and is known as makowiec (mah-KOH-vyets) in Polish. Canned poppy seed paste is available in the ethnic or baking aisle of most supermarkets.
Makes 2 Sweet Polish Poppy Seed Breads
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours
Ingredients
1 package active dry yeast
2 cups warm milk
8 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
4 ounces (1 stick) butter, melted
3 (11-ounce) cans poppy seed filling
Frosting
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup 2% milk, starting with 1/4 cup milk until you have an easy to spread frosting
1 tablespoon real vanilla
Preparation:
1. In a small heatproof bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm milk.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and eggs. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups warm milk, butter and yeast mixture. With the paddle attachment, or by hand, beat until smooth. Dough will be sticky at this point.
3. Scrape dough into a clean, greased bowl. Sprinkle the top with a little flour and cover. Let stand in a warm place for 1 hour or until double in size.
4. Punch down dough and turn out onto a floured surface. Divide dough in half and shape each half into a rectangle.
5. Spread 1 can or half of the filling you made on each rectangle of dough and roll up like a jelly roll. Turn ends under so filling will not leak out.
6. Place on a parchment-lined or greased pan, cover and let rise again until double in size.
7. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Brush tops with additional melted butter. Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until strudels are golden brown. Don't overcook.
8. Remove from oven and cool. When totally cooled, neatly frost with above frosting recipe or use canned white frosting if preferred.
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We tripled the Poppy Seed Bread recipe three times making five loaves extra large. See here for this original post on Tom's birthday in December, 2012. __________________________________________________ |
Photo from one year ago today, December 8, 2015:
View of the pool and patio from the veranda at our vacation rental in Pacific Harbour, Fiji on the main island of Viti Levu where we stayed for one month over the holiday season. For more photos of this property, please click here. |
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