We headed to Phillip Island for two nights. Mainly to see the little fairy penguins waddle up the beach at sunset and also to visit the Vietnam Veterans museum and a chocolate factory. Fi and I had some wonderful memories of watching the penguins almost 35 years ago as kids about the boys age so we were really looking forward to seeing if things had changed…..Oh, had they ever!!! We both remember our experience as driving down to the beach with your flashlig...

We stayed the night at a Motel in Traralgon that looked like it could have been hired by the hour, before heading South as soon as possible after all of us had some very long and hot showers. The weather began to draw in again and rain was pelting on the windows so we stopped, just prior to Wilsons Prom, at a lovely little town called Fish Creek. We grabbed a coffee and then went for some lunch before noticing a little store that was, unbelievably, Alison Leste...

We force fed Jacob, our German bike rider, one final breakfast then bid him farewell and headed off towards the Murray river. Watching the Snowy River Scheme turbines on the way out we were reminded how amazing the Snowy River Scheme really is. With over 100,000 people working on it, including my Uncle Klaus and Fi's Great Uncle Ray, it was a huge engineering feat that took 25 years to complete and provides enough free renewable energy to power Sydney, Melbourn...