Friday, January 7, 2011

Crossing into Victoria - Portland & Warrnambool

Check out the Princess "flying high" on this cable ride. The park areas in Warrnambool were excellent. We even bumped into another couple we had met previously, Ingrid & Manfred from Sydney...




The boys showing off at this cannon! It and a few more were erected in 1911 because at that time they thought, 'The Russians were coming'.....they still might be....who knows the hour or the day?....but we know the season....Matt. 24




Apologies in advance, but I couldn't resist!! The poor teachers of 1872!! These are the rules of the time. Not sure about rule 6 or 8. Both might cause anarchy today?









Flagstaff Hill is a historic area within Warrnambool that has reminders of the rugged past of this area. A seafaring background due to the many ships that were wrecked off the South West Victorian coast. Here we have Lee, Sam & Joey at the Examiner Newspaper store!!!



We stayed at 'Surfside' a council caravan park with about 3 million of Melbourne's 3.8 million people on their annual holidays!! This shot shows the Warrnambool beach with breakwater in the background.




On the way to Warrnambool we stopped for lunch at Portland. This town has a quiet feel and is very pretty along the coast where we found this park that Lee is sitting at...





Leaving Mt Gambier we headed east and 30km later crossed the Victorian border...closer to Tom's old stamping ground at Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula...quite a way to go yet though!!

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