Strictly the next few photos belong to
Day 2, evening thereof, but I figures the Day 2 post was getting a bit long.
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| Evening light at Port Fairy beach |
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| Our second Airbnb |
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| Breakwater with lighthouse in distance |
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| Lone evening paddle surfer, Life of Pi? |
Having eaten, slept and leisurely eaten again we checked out the lighthouse on
Griffiths Island, which marked the most westerly point of our Oz trip, before embarking on the journey back to Melbourne and our third Airbnb.
Between Port Fairy and Warrnambool is
Tower Hill, a volcanic feature best described by the map below, a nature reserve and the subject of a famous painting. Not famous to me, mind you. We drove the one-way road entering by the westerly isthmus where we saw two emus, but this was a place with many nature trails that might occupy a whole day exploring. Maybe next time. But will there be a next time? It is sobering at my age to wonder whether I will ever get to see places I visit again.
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| Tower Hill à la Google Maps |
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| Eugene von Guérard’s famous 1855 painting of Tower Hill |
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| Westerly isthmus |
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| These two emus posed just for us |
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| View of the lake as we exited Tower Hill |
Our route from Warrnambool to Geelong follows the A1 road which in turn follows the
Warrnambool railway line, single track in
broad gauge (5' 3"), stopping at Camperdown for lunch and to check out the
Leura Maar, another volcanic feature. Indeed the whole of this vast flat plain across which we travelled is dotted with the remnants of inactive volcanoes. I imagine a desolate and fiery landscape those many thousand years ago. Conveniently there is a paved road that takes us virtually to the summit of Mt Leura, but to surmount the conical Mt Sugarloaf required walking which we were apparently not up to in this instance. Maybe next time...
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| Leura Maar, we parked at the red marker, those lakes are also craters |
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| In Oz you must always do as instructed |
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| Read all about it |
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| The dreaded hooded picnicker |
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| Mt Sugarloaf |
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| Train on the Warrnambool line |
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| With a view from the top |
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| Lake Corangamite (not to be confused with Vegemite), and other inactive volcanoes |
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| The original crater rim referred to in the plaque |
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| The plaque referred to above |
Thence to Colac where we had a McDonald's loo break...
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| Lake Colac |
And then to St Kilda suburb of Melbourne for our third Airbnb experience extraordinaire complete with rooftop infinity pool.
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| Infinity |
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| Melbourne and Yarra River |
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| Panic |
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| Let him that glorieth glory in this |
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| The 7th floor apartment, Airbnb No.3 |
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| Melbourne at night |
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| Made in Australia |
Day 4 was spent in Melbourne's Victoria Market and apart from a single photo place marker I make no further comments. Although the lunch was good. And so ended our fantastic holiday within a holiday.
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| Queen Victoria Market |
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| Ethnic lunch |
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| Melbourne trams are everywhere |
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