Coffee at the wharf on a fine spring day

Today was a beautiful warm spring day, and Diana at Wharfside Cafe had the windows pulled open, so I sat inside and enjoyed the view and my coffee. You can sit outside in the sun too, under the umbrellas, but I enjoyed the way the windows frame the view.

There are several cafes at the wharf. The Wharfside is my favourite, but the others are friendly places to be too, and they all have good coffee.

The wharf is a working port facility, so in addition to tourists, you'll find people from the Port Authority and Customs having morning coffee or lunch here. The fishermen from the boats at the wharf are more often to be found around the corner at the ice creamery, which is also a cafe and souvenir store.

School holiday fun at the Eden cannery wharf

Nine years ago the Eden cannery was closed, and 1 in 8 Eden workers lost their jobs.

Today, the cannery sits abandoned and the cannery wharf is quietly rotting away. Rumour has it that the site has been purchased by a developer who will build a tourist resort on the location.

In the meantime and despite the chain wire fences, the wharf provides a wonderful place to have fun on the school holidays.

The clear deep water is hard to resist, even in this cold weather.

You can catch fish...



and watch an eagle soar overhead.




















You might even be lucky enough to spot this immense stingray. Can you see him? He's about 2 metres across, and likes to circle around under the wharf.






It's not a bad way to spend a day!