A very long line snaked down the main street of Bluff as we left the café where we had just had coffee. It was only 10 a.m. but 6,000 visitors were expected at the Oyster Festival and this collection of very happy tourists were just a small percentage of those.

There was a family of three generations in front of us in the line. There was grandma and grand dad, who had always had the Oyster Festival on their bucket list. Daughter and partner who had hired the large van so everyone enjoyed all the travel together. Lastly there were late teenage children with accompanying girlfriend/boyfriend. It was really lovely to see how they enjoyed each others company and also looked after the “oldies