To Melbourne:

We passed into Victoria just before Nelson which is on the Glenelg River. This was another place familiar to Brian as his parents spent many holidays here and lived here in their retirement.

Finally we were on the same time zone except for Queensland.


We stopped at Portland to see where Brian used to keep his boat. More memories!! There is a very good information centre here and we were able to unhook and leave the caravan. We had to do some washing so that was handy. It was showery and windy once again.
We went to see the old fort with some guns that originally looked out over the sea but now they are pointing to the large wheat terminal.


A drive along the coastline took us to the lighthouse. It was extremely windy and I had great fun walking out to the lighthouse and lookout as I was nearly blown away.


We camped the night at Sawpit Campground which was a free camp just outside Portland. It was a lovely campground in the state forest which was an old sawpit. Lots of huge trees were spread around the campsite and although it was muddy and damp from the rain, some campers had a fire.
A short walk took you to Whaler’s Lookout where the aborigines lit a fire to let the whalers know that the whales where present. In return they were given whale meat. You could see the whole of the coastline and Portland from this vantage point.

The next we went to Port Fairy where we had to get another two tyres to replace a punctured one and the spare.
Port Fairy is an interesting old town with some lovely old houses along the river and lots of boats tied up to the wharf. We had been here before so we had some lunch and headed onto Warrnambool which is a large place. It is very interesting but we were tired and it was very busy so we keep going.

We stayed in a small town called Terang which had a beautiful avenue of huge oak trees. It was a bit sad as a lot of shops had closed down but they did have a beautiful golf course. The countryside is just so green after all the rain.


We went on to Colac the next day, stopped for a coffee and a bit of shopping and then to our free camp beside Colac Lake. There are lots of lakes in this area and we were really glad to finally see some sunshine. I had a really good book so it was nice to sit out in the sun and enjoy the warmth. We were the only people there.


From here we headed to Melbourne with a stop at Geelong to look at the foreshore
which had been refurbished and is very nice. There are lots of bollards along the foreshore representing all sorts of people and eras. There is a big marina here, a big wheel, a pier, a merry-go-round, a miniature train and a nice beach.

We arrived in Melbourne thanks to the trusty GPS which took us through the very long (and scary) underground tunnel and then through some back streets to land us in Penny’s leafy street and we were able to get a park right near their unit. They were both at work so we walked down to the local shopping street to have a coffee.



Geelong Foreshore