Sausage Roll Table of Fame - Sorry Day

The Bloke here,

It is a sad day because two entries on the table of fame have had to be removed. One at the request of the creator of the little delights and the other because of the close of the cafe involved. It was the Orford Cafe and the owner died. His family have decided not to continue with the business so it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the Orford Cafe and their great sausage rolls.

RIP

Sausage Roll Table of Fame - Update

To quote the great Banjo Patterson, "There was movement at the station for the word had passed around ..." and what a move. Jackman and McRoss have moved down to number 5 from number 1. Their latest offering lacks the flavour and moisture of their earlier offering. We feel that success has brought about the inevitable complacency, their once GREAT sausage roll needs some attention.

The real mover, however, has been Cottage Point Cafe. What an outstanding result. Described as having potential 4 years ago this sausage roll has come of age. Jumping from number 17 to number 2 on the Table of Fame. What a performer! A handsome offering it is, large and moist with bundles of flavour. Trent and Ange have done a fabulous job. This sausage roll is not to be missed. So if you are up the creeks in Pittwater this is a must sample sausage roll.

Cottage Point Cafe - Sausage roll, a great performer

To conclude, let me reassure my avid following that I have not been asleep at the wheel. I have been sampling sausage rolls at ever opportunity. Alas it is difficult to find a sausage roll worthy of mention and indeed I have on many occasions failed to completely consume some offering, choosing to save the calories for other dinning opportunities.

Well that is all from me as I need to rest up in anticipation of a return to Perth and the home of the best sausage roll in Australia. No sausage roll can ever take the place of those that my MUM makes.

Locked Behind Bars

We arrived in Laurieton crossing the Camden Haven bar at the appropriate time. The forecasters had done a great job and the swell height had indeed dropped to 1m making our entry an easy one.

Since our last visit, 2 public moorings have been installed off the Laurieton United Services Club. Luckily, one was unused and available to us. We grabbed it enthusiastically since we are still mentally scarred from our wind-against-tide experience that ended up in ‘keel wrap’ on our last visit. Although it was really a 24hr courtesy mooring we finished up hanging from it for 10 days.  A particularly high High pressure system of 1040hP sat in the Tasman Sea and pushed up a big swell out in the ocean. Sitting in a calm river was very much the place to be. 

Our view of 'Big Brother'

  

Fellow imprisoned sailors became happy companions sharing walks, trips to the legendary Art Deco Laurieton Cinema, bus trips to Lake Macquarie and pub food at the Laurieton United Services Club.

  

Swells and surf everywhere and more especially across the bar, and so locking us in.

Although the days were short, the sunsets were sensational.