We got up and decided to take breakfast at Valley Lake as the Blue Lake has no picnic area. NOT before I took a walk in the rest area and discovered a headless kangaroo this morning...

Valley Lake is nice. Lots of little ducks swimming round all waiting for us to give them some food lol. After breakfast I thought we should do some walking so we did the Mountain trail which takes in Valley Lake and Leg of Mutton Lake (weird name I know lol) as well as the Centenary Tower. The walk was good and you got to see all sides of Valley lake but the ascent to the Centenary Tower left me absolutely hanging! The guy in the tower was nice though and he told us about a few other things in SA and just the other side in Victoria that we should consider seeing.

Next we went to the Blue Lake. The Blue Lake is famous because in summer time for a couple of months the water is a stunning cobalt blue colour. However, we came in winter so it was a dark blue normal-ish looking colour. The walk around the lake wasn't that good either. On parts of it you saw more of the surrounding countryside than you did of the lake. You cannot actually get close to the lake either since it is actually the towns water supply. After a boring walk we gathered together some more shopping before hitting the road and crossing over into Victoria. We decided to go and see some of those things the guy in the tower told us about.

First stop was Cape Bridgewater. Which is home to the Petrified Forest, blow holes and a seal colony. The Petrified forest is an interesting one. There are several theories on how it came about, one is where the name came from and then of course science proves it wrong lol. The name theory is that sand and stone slowly formed around the tree trunks of a forest near the cliffs edge and when the trees died it left these fossil like creations behind. Which they do in fact look like tree stumps. The less fun story which relates to science is something about underground tunnels and layers of land, I didn't read it all to be honest.

Bea and I then went over to the blow holes which I love watching water crash against the rocks but these ones weren't signposted so we were not sure where we were supposed to be looking! We left and went to go to the seal colony. Only to discover that the colony is a 600m walk past the cliff top...the cliff top...is an hour and a half walk away! What fun that was lol. I will admit the walk was good and I needed to stretch my legs after all the driving but I was a bit disappointed to see NO seals at the colony. Irritated much? I looked to the right and spotted these black things in the water and we managed to see some baby seals swimming in the sea. There were also an abundance of wild kangaroos around and we stood and watched a couple 'boxing' each other before walking back.

I will admit that when you go and see things on a punt because someone has told you word of mouth there is a slight risk. Next we were told that if we went along to Portland we would see a light show projected onto water (similar to the one at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore) behind the Marine Centre. So we went...and the tourist office was closed and it was raining. No light show. So after a no show we left Portland and drove to a rest area at the base of the Grampians National Park where we will spend at least tomorrow seeing some of the sights.

The picture is of the Petrified forest