Day 36

8 February 2013

Today we had to get up early as we had booked in the car to be serviced. Dropped the car off and decided we would just walk around the nearby shops and shopping centre in the hope that it wouldn't take too long to service.

Shops are not too interesting in Rosebud, just the normal ones so was a bit of an eventful morning. Few suspects getting about, making it not a very safe feeling getting around on foot. Picked car up and headed to our next "attraction" - Moonlit Sanctuary at Pearcedale. It is about a half an hour drive from Rosebud and in the sticks a little bit. Normal entry price is $17.50 plus if you want to meet a koala it's an extra $10, our pass included both. They give you a map to show you where all the different animals are.

I don't know what it is with zoos but every time I go to them something happens with my camera situation! At Aus Zoo I bought the camera but forgot the battery! And here I bought two cameras but both batteries were flat and my phone was flat also! Joel luckily had 27% left on his phone so we could at least get some pictures.

Now let me tell you this is no Aus Zoo and I think I would have been a bit disappointed if I had paid the full money to come here but they are doing what they can I suppose. Best parts....feeding the wallabies, they were cute and cuddling blue gum the koala was my main reason for going here! There was an American who kept saying "oh look at the koala bear," and it took all my effort not to break into a rendition of "please don't call me a koala bear, cuz I'm not a bear at all!" Haha

It was soo hot today! 37 degrees! Just relentless really! Not that I'm complaining as it is much better than rain. We headed back to camp for lunch and then went for some driving around Dromana, Mornington and Frankston, took the coast road for some better views than the highway! All nice places and cute little painted bathe huts along the beach everywhere. Frankston is also home to sand sculptures which would be pretty cool to look at if you want to pay $12 each to have a look. By this time it was 6pm and dinner time and Frankston was a little too close to Melbourne! Traffic started to get busy for us country slickers!

Quick chat to the neighbours once home, gave us some more places to visit in WA. They have been to some very remote locations and travelled many times in and around Australia so they were helpful!

Carly & Joel

 

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Day 34

6 March 2013

Woke up to a fairly crappy sleep last night, the road that the park is on is quite noisy and a major road it seems, pretty much all night! Slept in shorts last night for first time as it is warm days here ATM and it was pure bliss!

Started morning off with a run, there are great bike track/walking tracks all through the park, they must span at least 20km and are right on the water. Back for a shower and to do some washing, hooked up some clothes lines with rope between trees to hang out washing.

Decided to head to Sorrento to check out where we will catch the barge from and just to have a sticky beak. Really pretty down there of course, right on the water, clear blue calm water, can't go wrong. We walked out to the pier where the ferry goes from and sat down to take in the serenity....hehe and we could see the ferry coming back so decided to wait and see how big it was in real life! Well the verdict is it is big and the driver must be good to reverse between some concrete pillars and tight spaces!

We then saw a sign for historic steam tram and lookout walk and followed the signs. Up some stairs and round a corner and there are some old tram lines and information boards with the story of the old steam tram. Walk further and up some more stairs and you get 180 degree views of Sorrento and surrounding bays. There is also a picnic area here if you are equipped with a picnic, we were not so headed back down to keep going and check out Portsea.

Bit more driving around through national park (lots of walks in here), then to shops to pick up a few bits and bots.

It was warm today so at 2ish we had enough and decided to go and sit in the water instead of in the hot sun. It was low tide so there is not much deep water, just knee deep waterholes everywhere, so we just sat down in one of the holes and enjoyed the cool water and great weather!

Back to the camper for our first try at lamb shanks in the weber. We bought a casserole dish to fit in the weber and i would say it was a big success, also found a meat shop that has cheap cheap meat with our lamb shanks only being $5! Cheap meal - done. Tomorrow we will do some more exploring and try and be a bit more active!

C u tomorrow

Carly & Joel

 

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Day 33

5 March 2013

Well this morning started off with drops of water falling on our heads! Every time one of us moved it made the drops of water that had built up from the early morning dew on the canvas to fall onto our faces! Haha good times! Note to self, Bedflys should be put up at all times.

This morning also started with indecision on where to go next. We either go above Melbourne and around to the Great Ocean Road or we cheat?! We did a lot of research and decided to cheat! And cut straight across from Sorrento on the ferry to Queenscliff and straight onto the GOR! Will cost us the same sort of money in fuel to go above Melbourne and this way we get a cool boat ride! So next destination is planned for somewhere near Sorrento so that we are ready to hop on barge in a couple of days.

Found a couple of campsites at Rosebud and Joel's brother had told us this is a good spot for flathead and since we are killing the flathead fishing at the moment, that was our new destination!

Heading out we went through Seaspray which is such a great little tiny town. This is really where the country meets the coast! Little beach shaks right on the water, one caravan park and one small shop, that in one trip to this shop, you can.....pick up your mail, get some bait and tackle, pick up your groceries, get lunch and buy a 6 pack of rum and cokes. Best shop ever! However all we wanted was breakfast and they had nothing....so off to the next shop. Another point on Seaspray, if you are looking to invest money in property, look here! In 15 years I reckon it will be a tourist Mecca! Two secs out from the beach it turns into big country properties, sheep, cows etc it is just quite weird really! There is also these trees on the way out of Seaspray that are like big oak trees on either side of the road that have grown together to form a tunnel over the road. Very unique!

We stopped in at Rosedale bakery on our travels and picked up breakfast, nice bakery and there are some life size wooden carvings of motorbikes which are pretty cool and one of Ned Kelly out the front. We then followed the GPS along the highways to get to Rosebud. The highways here are very similar to QLD, just felt like we were heading down to Brisbane. The biggest thing I have noticed in VIC is that they are big on the tired driving bandwagon. Every few kms is a sign saying Wake Up! Or The only cure for fatigue is sleep, or Powernap Now or my personal favourite...Open your eyes.... My only question is, if your eyes are closed would you see the sign?

Make it to Rosebud, pay for 2 nights for $25 a night and head to our camp site. Set up and look out at our view and surroundings and decide what's the rush....lets stay 7 nights!

So we are here for 7 nights and it is going to be a very relaxing, fishing, walks along the beach, swims in the bay type week! Can't wait! We had a bit of a stroll along the beach tonight and need I say more!...

Goodnight

Carly & Joel

Ps. I have set up a new mobile site for the blog so if you view it on your phone etc now it will be a bit easier to navigate and you will be able to comment on posts. If you use an iPad to view the blog use the mobile site as well as it will allow you to comment also. Any other annoying issues let me know. Haven't had much feedback on the Facebook issue.....??!

 

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