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!
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!
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!
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!
1 comment:
It's great to hear from you; this is about the last point on your trip where I can say "oo, I remember being there!" Although I have been to some places in Tasmania, they were very brief, so from now on it will be "that sounds cool, I'd like to go there", rather than "that sounds cool, I remember when we went to..."!
Continue on boldly going where no Wilson has ever gone before!
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