Monday, August 05, 2019

Doma as Dom means home in Slavic tongues

As Henry Longfellow wrote: “Often times we call a man cold, when he is only sad”

What’s better than a wandering drive through the Byron Bay hinterland on a sunshiny day when the cobalt sky sits high above the rolling green hills and you have absolutely nowhere to be?
I could waste hours driving carefree through the rainforest valleys and across the farmland ridges of this place we live, but I would eventually get hungry because I get hungry really easily. So when I do have the luxury of free time to take a meandering hinterland drive beyond Byron Bay, I usually plot my course to include a pit stop at the delightful ( The fresh ginger is the highlight) Federal Doma Café 

FEDERAL, New South Wales — To get to Federal Doma Cafe from the New South Wales coastline, you cross the Pacific Highway and turn onto Possum Shoot Road, which twists and turns up the side of a dramatic hill into the hinterlands above Byron Bay. The road is narrow, there are no guard rails protecting you from the sheer drops into the valley and the locals drive at crazy speeds.
But the slight terror inherent in learning the sharp curves of these hills is entirely worthwhile, for the breathtaking scenery — banks of wildflowers, tunnels of trees, the green landscape stretching toward the blue ocean and the lighthouse that marks Australia’s easternmost point — and for what awaits you at the top of the hill, which is surprising in almost every way.
Review: Federal Doma Cafe in Federal, New South Wales

At Doma Rudd declares he is 'delighted' by investigation into Crown casino
The Age 

 I don’t know what I did to deserve to watch surfing whales but I will never stop pinching myself.


 Mystery whale drops in for a surf at Byron Bay


 'I was told they often surf waves in order to lunge feed on krill'



COFFEE lovers and foodies are in heaven after hearing the news that popular Lismore cafe, Flock Espresso & Eats, will open a second cafe in the near future.
The team announced the news on its Facebook page last night, revealing its second home will be in Mullumbimby.
"Opportunities arise often when we least expect it, but you need to take life by the horns," they wrote.
"We have always dreamed of putting a cafe at this location and in late January, we were given the opportunity to do so.
"We have kept it (fairly) quiet, wanting to announce it to social media land once we had an opening date.

"We are determined to be open by Easter



flock lismore from www.flockespresso.com.au

Flock Espresso & Eats, with cafes in both Lismore and Mullumbimby, is dedicated to the melting pot that is Australian


30 awesome food experiences on the Northern Rivers
Northern Star