This is another 'checkpoint location' I had on my list of places to look at, or to use as points on a map to go the most interesting way to my destination in Franklin.

I had intended to stop off at The Wall on my way out of Lake St Clair, but it was pouring...which turned into snowing and made me drop my speed down as visibility shifted as the weather did and I must have missed the driveway for it.

It didn't matter, not really as because of the conditions I was doing about half the speed limit as I drove away from Lake St Clair. I got a warning on my ute that the autonomous emergency breaking system wasn't functional - because I assumed snow in the sensors.

I had also intended to go to the Gordon Dam, a location I keep meaning to go to each time I visit Tasmania and every time I don't quite get out there as it's an hour and a half drive one way from the main intersecting road out there, so the 3 hours it would take out of my schedule wasn't quite worth it.

But I found Salmon Ponds while looking at a map of the area.

How the Salmon eggs were brought to Australia

Salmon Ponds is the location of where salmon farming began in Australia, there's artificial water courses, a museum and a cafe to eat.

The cafe is kind of average, it's pancake-themed, everything you can order is pancake based and comes with a salad which is fresh, but with quite a sweet dressing.

I wandered around the ponds, had a look in the museum and finally ate at the cafe.

I had the smoked salmon pancake which was...interesting.

It had sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and cheese.

When I ordered it I wondered if it would be cream cheese within, with those flavours it would have been fairly pleasant.

Nope.

Tasty cheese, it all melted like in a cheese jaffle.

It was...okay?

Filling and not entirely unpleasant.

Also ordered an apple cider with my meal, thought I'd be getting a Tasmania-manufactured one.

Nope.

Appletiser (product of South Africa).

Salmon Ponds is interesting, a nice wander around even on a freezing day. There's a great selection of European trees that would've been planted when it was all built there, so it's quite a European-looking set of gardens.