Sunday, March 24, 2013

Dartmoor

This is a great little freecamp at Dartmoor..We stayed here for 2 nights to outsit the strong winds that were everywhere else..Even too windy to put the awning.
Billy cooking a yummy stirfry for dinner.. it was sooo nice

This little town has all these magnificent wood carvings throughout the town and they were all done with a chainsaw.

Amazing woodcarvings

This one was huge..apparently theoriginal trees got a disease, so they cut them down and the old guy used his chainsaw and did these carvings...this one was called The Nursery Rhyme Tree.

Great Ocean Road and surrounds

Bells Beach clifftops for breakie,,it was sooo beautiful
South Bells ..absolutely perfect morning..
Apollo Bay fish n chips for lunch.yummo

Bay of Islands... its all just so picturesque



This is Loch ard gorge..its hard to believe that there was a shipwreck and 2 people survived and were washed up here in this gorge..look at the cliffs the guy has to scale to go and get help
see its confirmed ...two survivors


London Bridge

Not a good time to go to Lorne..it was the Labour Day weekend and every man and his dog and his neighbours was there

Dave and I had to have a little rest at the beach cafe


We went on a 12 Apostles helicopter flight and it was unreal..Billy got to sit up front and he felt pretty special. 

Billy the Co-pilot

The Arch..cant understand why they call it that!

Our little mosquito that we went on...We want one...

The Grotto

The Grotto

Cheese factory at Timboon

Dave checked out the Distillery and it was good..

Ian from the van next to us showed Billy how to crack a bull whip..he did really well until he cracked himself in the leg drawing blood..then we found out it was a full adult size whip..



Billy and I trying to sort our escape route in the maze at the park in Warrnambool

Billy on flying fox in park..

Riding our bikes was a great way to get around Warrnambool (as its nice n flat) we are out near the breakwall here and these are old unused aquariums from years ago..you used to walk down around them.

On the break wall itself

Our friends Robyn n Bruces farm that we stayed on while we traveled the Great Ocean Road.. we didnt realise that it was the Labour Day weekend that we were gonna be on the GOR and it was sooo nice off these guys to let us use their property as a home base..

30+ up to 39deg whilst here at Wensleydale at Robyn n Bruces..thank god they had this pool..is was a lifesaver.

Dave doing it tough trying to keep out of the sun..

Billy hit it off with Robyns  grandson Corey and he got to drive this buggy and a big quad bike and got towed around the dam in a boat by the quad..he had a ball.
Port Fairy was a really pretty place, it was just a shame that the weather was crap while we were there. This is some of the cannons on show at the memorial park in Port Fairy.

Phillip Islan to Sorrento

This is our view at a little place called Flinders. We stopped here for lunch on route to Phillip Is.
As you can see it was the fastest lap of the day, (we were there at 10am though)
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Poor old Billy, he was sooo disappointed as he wasnt tall enough to drive his own cart..but they sure had fun anyway

WINNER YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Billy jumping off the jetty at Sorrento...doesnt look as high as it actually was..

7am car ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff... Bypassed Melbourne yay!!!!!

Amazing sunrise yes sunrise at Sorrento

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Lakes Entrance

Our campsite at the rec grounds in Lakes Entrance

Billy fishing out the front of our camp....still hasn't caught me anything though

Dave supervising the fishing...tough job...

This shows the setup a bit better

He looks like he would catch you something.

These are our 2 friendly swans...my god they are huge when they stand up...they scared the crap out of me..they didnt bother Dave or Billy but they chased me inside..

Lakes Entrance main beach

Billy hooned in on a paddleboarding group lesson..he ended up doing it for 3 days..straight out the front once again..This isnt rain in this shot, its fog or sea mist

This is Rene, Billys coach and he was trying to get Bill to do this..guess what Billy said..Nah!!!

Merimbula Area


Bodalla cheese YUMMO. We may have bought 1 or 2 little blocks of cheese..

They breed em funny down here in Bega,  Billy didnt know which set to grab...
This was a Goldwing bike club meeting and they all stayed at the caravan park we were at.

Our view out the back of our van looking south of Merimbula


World championship Aqua golf



This is our camp at Short Point Park in Merimbula... what a spot

Dave trying to show up Billy..

Pambula Inlet.. what a pair of spunks

Back at our camp at sunset (facing east) wt

This is Tathra Wharf and it has a really lovely coffee shop come old wares shop
The water over the edge of a cafe at the fishing wharf and aquarium at Merimbula. The water looks shallow but it was actually bout 20ft deep
Billy looking over the edge of jetty at the aquarium..
This is our first Free camp on the south coast at Murrungower Forest.