Day 5 Saturday 17/12/2022 Portland, Sunny 12 – 18 Just outside the eastern corner of our caravan park there’s a red-capped lighthouse. This is Whaler’s Bluff light (1859) and although not very high the light is still operational. The antenna … Continue reading Exploring Portland – Day 5 Finding Blacknose & Crumpets
Day 4 Friday 16/12/2022 Camperdown to Portland, windy some cloud 11 – 16 It’s a glorious morning, there’s a blue sky and no wind. What a shame we’re leaving. We drive through more rolling pastures filled with contented cows, down … Continue reading Exploring Portland – Day 4 Grunting, squealing & poo
Day 3 Thursday 15/12/2022 Camperdown, overcast 8 – 16˚ Another chilly morning. This is a very quiet park and only a few workers are staying here. A quick walk to the lookout and gardens and I marvel at the size … Continue reading Exploring Portland – Day 3 A Taste of Timboon
Day 2 Wednesday 14/12/2022 Camperdown, cold wet, warm, cold wet, warm…7-15 We wake to rain. It had rained on and off all night. I roll over and go back to sleep. Woody walks around town. When I’m under the shower … Continue reading Exploring Portland – Day 2 Not there yet
Day 1 Tuesday 13/12/2022 Home to Camperdown, overcast 20˚ We have a good run up the Eastlink tollway but the Monash grinds to a halt at Moira Street. We sit in stop-start traffic surrounded by trucks and wondering if the … Continue reading Exploring Portland – Camperdown
Fryerstown, Vic, Nov 2022 I found it impossible not to pick up a pen in this captivating goldfields village and even though we’re now back in Melbourne, Fryerstown cottages still beg to be drawn. With the silly season coming up … Continue reading Fryerstown, sketchy memories
Fryerstown, Vic, Nov 2022 Day 4 Wednesday 9/11/2022 Fyerstown, warm 23 We’re up early for a trip to Castlemaine. The hikers leave even earlier and we discover that they’ve flooded the second bathroom. Our boys get in and clean up … Continue reading A hearty brekkie and a cemetery walk
Fryerstown, Vic, Nov 2022 Day 3 Tuesday 8/11/2022 Fryerstown, warm 25 brief evening thunderstorm I take a walk up the hill to the All Saints Anglican Church (1861) which is now a private house. Wandering up the dirt lane that … Continue reading Fryerstown ambling about
Day 2 Monday 7/11/2022 Fryerstown, humid 24 passing thunderstorm I wake to a warm sunny morning. But perhaps that’s because I slept in so late. With power available on the veranda, we move our coffee machines over there and sit … Continue reading Exploring Fryerstown
Fryerstown, Vic, Nov 2022 Day 1 Sunday 6/11/2022 Home to Fryerstown It’s warm and sunny at last after weeks of cold and record-breaking rain. The air feels dry, something that we’d forgotten existed. Being Sunday, it’s an easy drive and … Continue reading Discovering a hidden gem
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