Category: 2019 Victoria

Port Fairy to Melbourne is about 3.5 to 4 hours of driving. We had no need reach Melbourne earlier than 5 pm so we had time to spare for exploring on the way. There was no real plan beyond not revisiting places already visited on this trip unless that was unavoidable. Breakfast was easy using the makings provided with our...

There was no motel breakfast this morning so we checked out as soon as we were ready for the day. At 8:00 am the temperature was already 30° C and, despite being overcast and windy, promising to go higher. Majella drove the short distance to town where we found breakfast at Cafe 153. She had fruit toast and I had...

Breakfast was included in our tariff at Point Lonsdale Guest House. We had no reason to rise early so slept in a little and were ready and waiting for breakfast at 8:00 when it was due to start. Our hosts, Sue and Peter, were running a few minutes late but were soon there to serve fresh coffee to accompany our...

This trip began with an intention to revisit the Great Ocean Road. We had last seen it in January 1979, when we drove West to East and covered most of it in a single day of driving from Mount Gambier to Apollo Bay. We intended to take a more leisurely approach this time. Although we had thought to fly direct from...