12th February 2014-Riding out the Heatwave!

12th February 2014

As happened in South Australia we seem to have found another heatwave. Our plans to move inland were set back when we realised that we would have had 40+ degrees to contend with so we did the only sensible thing and stayed right were we were.....at the beach!!!!

LES ENJOYING ONE OF THE FABULOUS BEACHES AT PORT FAIRY

We did have one day of wild winds that were rated as 'Near Gale' Fortunately we keep an eye on the weather predictions and brought the awning in before it hit and a very good thing that we did!. The wind was rocking our van so goodness knows how bad it would have been with our awning still out to catch the breeze and make it even worse....and we are very fortunate to be tucked away in a secluded corner of the caravan park so we only felt a portion of the real strength of the gale.

OUR DELIGHTFULLY SECLUDED POZY AT PORT FAIRY CARAVAN PARK

The weather is cooling down now and we are thinking about moving on in the next couple of days. We will be heading north straight to Hamilton Vic, a measly 83kms travel,  we will stay a few days as there is some speedway happening there on Saturday night, Les couldn't believe his luck at the quality of the divisions that will be racing! I am looking forward to visiting their Art Gallery which is apparently quite well stocked.

We have made good use of our time here by sightseeing more of the coastal area and also headed back across to Warrnambool to look at their Flagstaff Maritime Museum (and do some grocery shopping as Port Fairy is fairly limited)

THE CRAGS, A ROCK FORMATION NOT FAR AWAY THAT HAS A LOT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.....I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IF WE HADN'T ALREADY SEEN THE APOSTLES WHICH OUTSHONE THESE

FLAGSTAFF MARITIME MUSEUM, A PIONEER VILLAGE RECREATED AROUND THE MARITIME HISTORY OF THE WARRNAMBOOL AREA

We both really enjoyed the Flagstaff Museum, it is very well set out and every building was full of authentic items to reinforce the use of the business. They also had a separate museum with items that either related to or had been recovered from sunken ships....there was some very interesting pieces including a gold pocket watch in pristine condition and a fab diamond and gold ring.....it was a BIG diamond!!

It is tempting to just stay here and keep relaxing in this sea side town where we can walk to the bakers and the beach..... but new adventures beckon. Next time I blog it will be from some where new!