Monthly Archives: September 2010

Drive to scenic lookout day, with option for short walks to said lookouts, if required. Visited Boroka, Reed (aka Reid, Ried, depending which map or sign you believe), lookouts, the Balconies, MacKenzie (or McKenzie) Falls. Then on out towards Horsham. … Continue reading →

A walk in the mountains seemed like an option on waking, mainly as wasn’t actively raining and there was even a hint of spring-like cornflower blue in parts of the sky (among the grey clouds of course). A likely candidate … Continue reading →

Expected to take several hours to get up to the Grampians but only took a couple. Sunny start to the day – hooray! Rain and looming cloud slowly appeared in the direction we were heading in and couldn’t see the … Continue reading →

Off to Flagstaff Hill today – historic reconstruction of a 1800-1900’s maritime village in Warnambool. Useful pieces of information gleaned from this experience – you wouldn’t have wanted to be a teacher back then, and ladies only bathed 4 times … Continue reading →

Hit the really special part of the Great Ocean Road today…… rain blowing wildly in cyclonic winds around the 12 Apostles (I think there are actually less than 12 now as some of them have clearly fallen over –  certainly … Continue reading →

Rained overnight (no surprise there) and gale force winds arrived. Still raining this morning. So much for the idea of a more substantial walk today! Explored Cape Otway Lightstation (built 1848) complex and just managed to avoid being blown off … Continue reading →

Weather looked slightly dodgy (story of our lives really) so decided on a driving tour of the region +/- walks as they happened. Decided on the “food/wine” trail in the hopes of wine tasting and fresh produce along the way … Continue reading →

Towed the van up the road for a look at the famous Bell’s Beach – surf a bit rough but nothing much else happening so moved on (we’re clearly surfers, not). Moved on towards Lorne and Apollo Bay. Can see … Continue reading →

Another late start! Can’t seem to make it out of bed much before 9 or 10 these days – shame! Eventually left around lunchtime with a brief stop at Bunnings for some replacement tap fittings (ours were left on Alison’s … Continue reading →

Lazy day today. Alison had several commitments during the morning, Chris went grocery shopping and fixed the spa electrics (that Callum the doberman had chewed through at some point) and I attempted to brush up my guitar skills, not terribly … Continue reading →