Tathra Oysters

I recently had the pleasure of spending two glorious weeks exploring the sapphire coast (southern NSW). It was, overall, a truly wonderful experience, with the small exception of spending 4 nights in a house we were pretty sure must have been built on some sort of sacred burial ground.

Over the course of the two weeks, we spent a LOT of time eating oysters, from all over (all Sydney Rocks of course, as this is the specialty of the region). From the Clyde River in Bateman's By, to the lovely Wagonga Inlet in Narooma, Smithy's Oysters from the Bermagui River and the amazing Tathra Oysters farmed in pristine Nelson's Lake in Mimosa Rocks National Park (mmmmmm, mimosas). Of all the delicious bivalves we sampled, these were the absolute stand out - creamy, piquant and utterly divine. Seriously, we were consuming at least two dozen of these every day we were in Tathra (10 days in total). Melbourne restauranteurs take note - evidently Rockpool are the only local establishment clued up enough to be selling these little treasures.