Local Getaways
Camping, Anzac Day and ‘General Busyness’
It’s been a busy few days for us this week, Just after returning from Perth, we have been thrown into a flurry of activity. Our eldest grandchild, Audrey, (14) has decided to have a shot at undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Their official website tells us that this award is “An internationally recognised program […]
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A Few Days in the Goldfield Towns With My Probus Club
I have just spent the last three days with 24 fellow members of my Probus Club in the towns of Castlemaine and Maldon. We had a wonderful time exploring this historic area of Victoria together. We first met up for lunch in Malmsbury – buying a roll or pie at the bakery and then enjoying […]
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I Have Made The Same Mistake Twice in the One Week!
Last Monday, Jill and I decided to break out of Melbourne and travel east to the little town of Noojee, for lunch, at a quant old pub and bar called ‘The Toolshed’. Noojee is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria. It’s a tiny town of about 160 people. It would have seen its […]
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We Are In Victoria’s Central Goldfields Region
After leaving Halls Gap, we travelled north to the city of Stawell and then east across the old central Victorian goldfields to Creswick where are spending the two final nights of this road at the RACV Resort there. We pottered around the city of Stawell for some time yesterday morning. This is where Jill lived […]
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The Grampians and Halls Gap
Yesterday, we transitioned to the Grampian Ranges and the tourist town of Halls Gap. We explored a little family history on the way and visited some interesting places. Near Hamilton, we came across two waterfalls on the Wannon River. The Wannon Falls are a bit of a surprise after driving across some expansive undulating lava […]
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Western Victoria – Prime Grazing Country
Our travels yesterday took us through the very western part of Victoria which are a prime sheep and beef grazing region. We stayed there night in the little town of Coleraine. This is the place where Louis Buvelot, a Swiss immigrant and early Australian Painter competed his work of a water pool near the town. […]
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Around Yambuk
It was cool with rain showers in Port Fairy this morning. After a breakfast at the Oak and Anchor, we spent some time wandering along the main shopping street (Sackville Street). We sheltered under shop verandahs as some showers passed through and bought some ham and cheese rolls to take away for lunch. Our time […]
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Port Fairy
We have three nights in Port Fairy – a town in which time has stood still with beautiful cottages and a streetscape out of last century. Prior to British colonisation in the 19th century, the Port Fairy area, then known as Pyipkil or Ummut, was inhabited by the Pyipkil gunditj clan. The region’s ecology consisted […]
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Along the Shipwreck Coast
(It seems that some of my friends who subscribe to my web site may be receiving an email post that does not include any photos. If this is the case, simply click on the title of the post and the photos will load) The next part of our travels took us through the Otway Ranges […]
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Pottering Around Apollo Bay
We planned to have a quiet day on Tuesday visiting some of the local sights that we know and like around Apollo Bay. Heading back east towards Lorne, we were stopped at a number of roadworks and I managed to see a view Wild Dog Creek. The road along the Creek (Wild Dog Creek Road) […]
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Into The Otways Rainforest
The Otway Ranges formed around 150 million years ago, when the great landmass of Gondwana began to separate from other continents. It has a long history and fossils of dinosaurs have been found in this region. The Wathaurung, Gulidjan, Gadubanud, and Kirrae Whurrong Aboriginal people inhabited this area for thousands of years, before white settlement. Steep […]
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We’ve Started on a South West Driving Trip
We had some time set aside in early November for a driving trip and here we are. Fortunately, local covid restrictions were reduced in time for us to undertake this trip. For the next two weeks, we are driving around the southern coast of Victoria to two of our favourite destinations at Apollo Bay and […]
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