Back on the road again after 14 days of walks along the beach and streets of McCrae. Sitting for hours over lunch, family nights that included up to 12 people, with lots of chatter and laughs.  “Thanks to my sisters for making that happen”.

We had a great day at Point Nepean Portsea, that is now open to the public.  We walked through areas that in World War 2 had guns setup to protect Port Phillip Bay and Melbourne from enemy ships. We stopped at the Sorrento Pier on the way back to Mc Crae and were lucky enough to see 2 Humpback whales in the bay.

 

But the highlight of the 2 weeks was Mum’s 90^th birthday.  Mum; her 5 Children and their spouses, 11 Grandchildren and their spouses/partners along with 10 Great grandchildren celebrated the occasion.  The venue was ideal for all, with lots of talk, children running around, laughter, tall tales being told and photos taken. The day was a great time to catch up on recent engagments, wedding photos, holidays, and careers.

WEEK 6

1^st -7^th July

We left Rosebud on Monday and while the sun was out, every day that we were there it was “COLD”!

This week would transport us back 32 years.  We had planned with friends to do 5 nights of bush camping at Firth Park in the Wombat State Forest and Mt Franklin which is in an extinct volcano and was a great protected spot. (Yes this is where the bottled water comes from).  This area was our old stomping ground, Ballarat, Daylesford, Castlemaine and Bendigo.

Camping with coats, beanies, thermals, open fires, camp oven cooking, hot casseroles and drinks that would warm you from the inside out.

Firth Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rustic and charming bluestone/sandstone buildings, wide country roads and deciduous Elm trees. But camping in July, can only be described as right place, wrong time.

Saturday we moved on to Echuca “Wow” has this town grown.  The Port of Echuca is being renovated, but the paddle steamers are still moving up the great Murray River.

Todays Cobb and Co

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walking through this historic town we find the everyday things that make caravanning comfortable.  “A gas fire for bush camping”

We wanted to do some bush camping, fishing and canoeing in the area, so Sunday we went  looking for a spot in the sunshine on the bank of the Murray River.