Sunday 12th April 2015 - Sorrento

Saturday Maree, Paul & Mum came down to spend the night at Blairgowrie.  Barry & I went around to the house they rented and cooked a nice roast for dinner instead of going out. It was really nice to catch up with Mum after 10 weeks of being away.  Sunday, is the family memorial for Dad & Steven at Sorrento.  We were lucky to have a lovely sunny day once again for our picnic on the beach. Sunday night is the last night in the caravan and Monday we head home after 10 fabulous weeks of travel. 

This Blog is now closed and we are planning the next trip...........

 

Friday 10th April 2015 - Blairgowrie

Decided to go over to Queenscliff on the Ferry today for a look around and have lunch. Lovely day, nice and sunny and quite warm. The bonus on the way home was a half dozen dolphins swimming through the ferry wake, magic.

 Portsea back beach

 Portsea back beach

 Queenscliff

Thursday 9th April 2015 - Blairgowrie

Have arrived at The Blairgowrie Caravan Park and plan on staying here for 4 nights.  The owner is a real character and loves a chat.  He has had the park for 50 years and has quite a few rules & regulations.  There is no camping or permanents here, only annuals and caravaners.  Nice and quiet and very handy for the family memorial day on Sunday at Sorrento. Went for a drive into Sorrento to have a look at the camping site that was allocated to us before we decided to stay at Blairgowrie, thank goodness we didn't come down to Sorrento, no room to get our caravan onto the site that was allocated, they obviously have no idea.........Then went for a drive down to Portsea and the Port Nepean National Park where you can now drive further into the park than I remember years ago.  Had a look at Portsea back beach as well as Sorrento back beach, stunning scenery. Took some photos of the Ferry arriving at Sorrento and then had a little shop around the shops.
Love Port Phillip Bay and the Mornington Peninsula.
 

Tuesday 7th April 2015 - Deniliquin

Have been camping at Deniliquin since Wednesday 1st April.  Jason and the boys arrived and stayed in their camper beside us overlooking the Edwards River for the easter break. Organised to have wood delivered as there was none around for collection and there were a lot of people all wanting wood for fires. Managed to cook a magnificent lamb roast in the camp oven and made a batch of damper which the boys loved smothered in Nutella, also enjoyed a few toasted marshmallows.  On Thursday night we all walked to the Sky Dragon chinese restaurant for dinner, once again it was a great meal which everyone enjoyed. Saturday night was a very special night with a Lunar Eclipse that started at 9.16pm. I sat up and watched the actual eclipse that happened between 10.58pm thru to 11.02pm stunning night with beautiful clear cloud free skies and a red moon to cap it off. Checked out the Deniliquin market on Monday after the boys left and then on Tuesday it started to rain, excellent timing to get the camper packed before it got wet..

 Aiden waiting to go fishing with Barry once again, he is really enjoying the fishing experience and has become quite the excellent caster.  Such a pity he didn't catch any fish although he did get a couple of bites to keep him interested.

 Nathan & Aiden with Max the very well behaved dog.

 Camping ground picture taken from the bridge over the edwards river.

Fisherman Aiden, doing a great job.

Friday 27th March 2015 - Cohuna

Today we have had a busy day, first we went for a drive to Barham and called in to see Rochelle & Daniels house they have bought here at Cohuna. Took some pictures of the old bridge at Koondrook that goes over to Gunbower Island and then had a coffee at the Bakery before heading back to the caravan.  This afternoon we went to have a look at Factory & Field which is Cohuna's old Butter Factory built in 1910 that has been done up and sells all sorts of interesting bits & pieces.  There is also a lovely coffee shop attached to it. Then it was over the road to the Little Athletics to watch Maddison & Ebony do their stuff, lots of ribbons for both of them.  It was also Maddison's 7th birthday so a special day for her.  Lastly for the day it was up to Apex Park for a free Community BBQ.  We all had on name tags with how long we had been at Cohuna and we won with 4 days (actually didn't win anything special, just the accolade). We had to sit beside people we didn't know and strike up a conversation, very good idea and lots of fun.

Thursday 26th March 2015 - Cohuna

Staying in Cohuna for 9 nights before calling into Echuca to get the awning replaced, and then heading to Denilliquin. Cohuna Riverside Caravan park is a really lovely caravan park right beside the water and has brought back some terrific memories of our previous stays here.  On the weekend Rochelle & Daniel are coming up so it will be great to catch up with them for  for a few days. Barry has been down at The Gunbower Creek and managed to catch himself a nice big, legal, Murray Cod.  Very pleased with himself. Cooked half of it for dinner last night.  Tonight we are calling around to Tanya's house for dinner and have canceled the kayaking for this evening as it is a little to cool.  Hopefully will manage to do the kayaking before we leave, Tanya has assured us that it is better than Kakadu as there are no crocodiles and the scenery and bird life is very special.

Sunday 22nd March 2015 - Gol Gol

Over the last couple of days we have done a lot more sightseeing as well as a lot of relaxing.  Yesterday we went to visit The Olde Lolly Shoppe which had heaps of old fashioned lollies I haven't seen in ages.  Managed to limited myself to just a few packets, so pretty happy with myself. Then we went down to Red Cliffs to visit Big Lizzie which has an interesting history to tell. Last night when we were just finishing dinner there were fireworks on the otherside of the river, they were spectacular and went on for 30 minutes at least. When they finished unfortunately the music started and I had to go for the ear plugs again to get some sleep.  Not sure what that was all about as there wasn't anything advertised in the Mildura papers.  Today we headed up to Langtree Mall to have a look at the Market.  When we arrived there were 100's of motorbikes all waiting to head off on the Black Dog Awareness Ride.  It looked really great with the amount of riders involved. We also went for a drive to try to find out what the fireworks were all about.  All we could find was the Mildura Racecourse and a huge Marquee that was being dismantled. Hot enough for a swim this afternoon (35degrees) and tomorrow we head down to Cohuna.

Wednesday 18th March 2015 - Gol Gol

A bit of sightseeing and a small repair to the couch in the caravan makes up our day today. First we went to have a look at the old Mildura Cemetery and then a drive through The Apex Park and to finish off we managed to watch the paddlesteamer Melbouirne come up to Lock 11 and then go through it.  The water is let into the Lock so that the boat rises so it can be let out the other end where the water is higher....fascinating. Then we went to have a drink at the longest bar at the Working Man's Club only to find out that it was demolished in 1995.

  

The paddlesteamer Melbourne arriving at the Lock and waiting for the water to rise so it can leave again through the other end.

 This is the old way that the Lock was opened and closed.....