After a pretty wild and windy night at Peterborough we decided to rent a little cottage at Port Fairy for three nights. We took the opportunity to get a few jobs done, like wash and vaccume the car/camper, several loads of laundry, some school work for Max and new tyres for the car. It was a nice change being in a house, enjoying the luxury of bath, shower, toilet and laundry, but I did feel a little anxious having the boys sleep in another room. They felt so...

Great Ocean Road (Tuesday 22nd February - 4rd March). Enjoyed a beautiful scenic drive along the Great Ocean Road. It seemed like every corner revealed another spectacular beach or ruggered rock formation with pounding waves or crystal clear calm waters. We stopped at Torquay and Bells Beach (as nearly every tourist does) and while the boys had little idea about the significance of these beaches to the worldwide surfing community, one day we can remind them of ...

Our next week was spent along the Mornington Peninsula.We camped at Blairgowrie, two minutes from Sorrento. Apart from the irritating march flies, Sorrento back beach was terrific.There was a beautiful rock pool that we all enjoyed playing around in.Further along the beach Max overcame his seaweed phobia and dressed up as a sea monster draped in kelp. We found a little café in the main street of Sorrento that claimed to be the "home of Sorrento's famo...

Our Phillip Island "to do list" includes, the Penguin Parade (of course), Churchill Island Heritage Farm and the Koala Conservation Park. Yesterday we took a trip to Churchill Island Heritage Farm. The day started with some sheep shearing, followed by a tractor ride. The boys got to milk a cow and Archie told me the udder was soft and felt just like skin. We also got to watch a blacksmith make a horse shoe before the working dogs came out to play. It wa...

We have spent the past four days at Wilsons Promontory National Park. It has been beautiful. We have been doing lots of bushwalking and while Archie spends a little bit of time in the backpack, the boys are holding up really well. I have been surprised at how far they can walk and how much they enjoy learning about the wildlife, trees and rocks. Roy of course is more than happy to discuss the "granite" of Wilsons Prom. We have also enjoyed the be...