Coffee and Pipes....

We are coffee people and love to have a favourite cafe to visit, to chill out in, to talk or do the iPad thing.  We have been in Ulverstone for four weeks now and have not found such a place although we went to a small cafe with great fresh food in Wynyard called Ladybugs Cafe.    Actually, went there twice for lunch.

Well, I was reading in the paper about community groups and one of them was meeting at a place called Mansours.  And, I know where they are because I have seen the sign for the turn off to them on the many trips we have made into Devonport.

So, on our way back from Devonport on Tuesday we decided to call in.  Not sure if there is any connection between the cafe and the farm but Mansours Cafe is located on a farm that grows fuchsias in very large greenhouses.  Sue (who I will tell you about shortly) knew the people who originally had that farm when they ran cattle on it.  Sue and Geoff are locals who were born and raised in Burnie.

Panaramic view from the deck of Mansours to Lillico Beach

Well, what a surprise….the cafe was just lovely.  It had a great view over Lillico Beach Conversation Area,  comfortable seating and it was bright and clean.  We only had coffee which was nice and made to the 80 degree temperature as required by Nick, so he was a happy chappy.

They are predominately a Lebanese Cafe that does traditional breakfasts, Lebanese style food for lunch as well as cakes and scones that are baked on site.  Over the summer months they also do a Middle Eastern Banquet dinner on a Saturday Night. Tempting.....

We spoke with one of the owners Leonore who said they are not on the “tourist route” but they service the local community.  And, there were people there when we arrived and more came in, so it is obviously popular with the locals.

After a lovely coffee and perusing the menu for later,  we decided will definitely be back for more coffee as well breakfast and also for a lunch over the next four weeks or so that we are in the area.

Comfy & colourful couch

Very inviting

We also had some visitors on Tuesday, locals who live in Launceston.  We met Sue and Geoff when we were camped at Cosy Corner North at the beginning of August.  They were staying at the Big4 St Helens and drove out to Cosy Corner North with some friends to check it out.    They all came over to check out our vans and camping set up and we all hit it off straight away.  Sue and Geoff said we must get in touch with them when we came to Launceston which we did and had a lovely dinner at their house which has an awesome view of the Tamar River along with their friends Jules & John and our friends Deb and John.

Anyway, we had a lovely two evenings with them.  Sue was not well (a cold) but that didn't stop her enjoying herself.  We cooked roast lamb on the BBQ last night, Sue and I drank champers and Geoff and Nick had a whisky appreciation tasting of the whisky that Geoff brews.

Geoff piping for his dinner.....haha

Geoff is also an accomplished piper and he played for us in our annex on his “small pipes” it was great.  Geoff has piped at the Edinburgh Tattoo so he is obviously at a very high standard.  We hope to catch him playing when he is at St. Andrews Richmond Highland Gathering in Richmond Tasmania in February 2016.

So now we have a coffee spot...yay