The Great Ocean Road is GREAT!!!

Hi everyone!

We are now back in reception and back in contact - for the moment! We are in Melbourne spending a few days with Hans, Natasha and Eric Trinkle, which has been so lovely!

Tomorrow we head to TASMANIA!!!! We have to be at the boat at 7.30 am so I'll keep this brief and get back to making sure we are ready to depart early! We will arrive in Devonport at about 7pm that night, so we will let you all know how our boating day goes!

A hilarious but very regular sign we saw

We had a absolutely fabulous time along the great ocean road, taking our time to take in the amazing and wonderful things that God has made! At times it was slow going as Sara fell asleep in the car ad we had to sight views one at a time, but when she was awake, she seemed just as amazed as us at what she saw! We never realised there was sooooo much to see and also to learn about the various ship wrecks that occurred there.

From Warrnambool, we stayed a night in Peterborough, then the next night at Princetown (where we experienced the worst cooked fish ever!) and then camped the long weekend at Johanna Beach in the Otway National Park!

We met some great people at Johanna Beach and had a lot of fun with them! We also saw some of the inland beauty at Triplet Falls (a must see if you are ever there!) As Sara loves to say "Ooooo WOOOOWWW!!!"

Then on to Melbourne, with a night spent in a gorgeous Caravan Park at Cumberland River and lots more pretty coastal views and Dave even went in for a Surf at Bells beach! (Sara tried to collect all the rocks on Bells beach while he was in!)

In Melbourne we have done a little bit of shopping today, but mostly just enjoyed watching Sara and young Eric play together! They are hilarious how they sit and chatter (scheming as to who will be hard to put down tonight we suspect, as they have taken turns!) and laugh at the jokes between just them two!

Lots of love to you all and keep writing emails!

the WILSONS!! XOXO

PS Photos have been added to posts below

Warrnambool

Hi All!

We arrived in Warrnambool last Saturday afternoon, after having a lovely time in Portland!

Before leaving Portland we took a lovely trip to Cape Bridgewater (about 20min away) where we took in the gorgeous coastal scenery, checked out the 'blowhole' and 'petrified forest' (formations in the limestone) and took a 2 hour walk to see a seal colony! It was a great walk (though steep at times) and there were seals at the end of it which was great! (We were on the cliff top looking down at them from a platform) At one point one of us exclaimed 'WOW' at the view! Sara though that word was great and spent the rest of the way saying 'WOOOOW!, Wooooow!' much to our amusement! We don't think she know what it means but she continues to use this word a lot! V. cute!

The "petrified forrest" and the Seals at Bridgewater

This was much more satisfying than our trip to the gannet colony earlier in the day! There were meant to be thousands of birds there and at first we couldn't see any. On further exploration all we could see was lots of dead bird remains (killed by cats and the like we think), and only about 8 live gannets. Ingrid was particularly devastated.

So on Saturday after packing up we bade Portland farewell and headed for Warrnambool, stopping for a VERY yummy fish and chip lunch in Port Fairy (at the place on the wharf - very famous apparently)!

In Warrnambool, after attending the Baptist Church here yesterday, we spent the rest of the day looking at the various coastal lookouts and other pretty spots, and stopped by a glassblower, which was fascinating!
Today we went to the 'flagstaff hill museum' (if you go here set aside lots of time to see it properly, we will be heading back to finish it off later). It is set up in a recreated a village, which we wondered around, meeting period dressed people and learning more about the history of this place and the many shipwrecks that happened on this coast.

Ingrid also had a Dr appointment today, to check up on the pregnancy, all appears to be plodding along well! Ingrid is feeling a lot of movement, although Dave hasn't managed to feel anything yet. Sara enjoys cuddling up to Mum's ever growing bump!

Tomorrow we leave Warrnambool to head along the Great Ocean Road!

"Sara enjoying a snack she found herself"

We continue to enjoy our little camper trailer home and this lifestyle immensely!

Until then,
Dave, Ingrid and Sara

PS Sorry no photo's still, we can't upload them at public libraries unfortunately!