After spending a couple of days in Melbourne and then catching the Spirit Of Tasmania to cross Bass Straight to Tassie, we are home!! . It has been a great trip but as usual always good to get home !!! We enjoyed catching up with Liz and Gary (Melbourne friends) at their place for dinner, and also Guy who spent a day driving us around many of the sights of Melbourne. A real travel guide !!! Wayne and Bonnie, our “shed” and house sitters have done a wonderful job of looking after our home and animals. As I write this, Mal is actually back on the mainland delivering our much loved and used caravan…. we have traded it in on a bigger one with more comfort which we fly over to pick up on about the 24th October. If the new van gives us as much pleasure as the old one, we are in for a few more years of fun !!!!
Molly was definitely very pleased to see us homeNot only did Wayne look after my garden and our animals soooo well, he even doubled the size of our chook pen. We are expecting baby chicks on the 27th of this monthWayne even managed to cut down and clear at least another 20 to 30 gum trees….. we now have an even bigger viewWayne, our very handy handyman doing some more clearing this morningI even believe our resident kookaburras were pleased we were homeGuy acted as our Melbourne guide all day, so we all enjoyed yum cha in china town MelbourneHe even took us to a roof top bar in the middle of the cityI loved some of the famous laneways of Melbourne…. there were some great little unique shops down many of themgraffiti can look interesting in the right spots
We have been traveling down the Great Ocean Road for the past few days. It is a stunning area. The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243km stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. The spectacular Great Ocean Road was hand-built by approx 3000 returned First World War soldiers and sailors in honour of their fallen comrades. Completed in 1932, it is the world’s biggest war memorial. We spent a day up in the Great Otways National Park amongst tall trees, ancient plant life and lush ferns, before coming back to Apollo Bay for dinner at Chilli Tapas (yum). We also visited famous Bells Beach and Torquay amongst many other things.
After leaving the Great Ocean Road we have booked into Queenscliff on the Bellerine Peninsular for 4 days. Have been spending time checking out the area including the city of Geelong. Off to Melbourne next for 3 days before boarding our boat for our trip home.
Treetop walk Otway National ParkA photo of a photo taken near Bells Beach. This reminds me of a photo we have at home of Mal, John and friends surfing down the south coast with the old Holden many years ago.Birds on the Great Ocean RoadGreat Ocean Road memorial archThe “Twelve Apostles”… although not quite 12 at the momentStunning views !!!!I loved this photo I took up in the Otway National Park. The trees are so tall.Sampling scotch and liquores at TimboonRugged coastline along the Great Ocean RoadQueenscliff PierInside the Vue Grand Hotel.Beautiful old tiles and stain glass windows. It is an iconic and historic 32 room boutique hotel located in the main street of Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, less than 90 minutes from Melbourne.Great restaurant too. Sorry, the photo is a bit blurry. too much reflection. Thats my excuse anyway.Queenscliff has many beautiful old buildings…. This is the Royal HotelGeelong jettySome of the many bollards on the Geelong foreshoreA smaller jetty at Geelong looking out onto Port Phillip BayGeelong marina…. Mal loved all the boats!
