Day 6 - Blairgowrie (Mornington Peninsula) to Melbourne (Brunswick) via Phillip Island - about 300kms We got away about 9am or so, and dawdled towards Phillip Island. Our first stop was Arthur's Seat - the high point on the peninsula - where the views from the lookouts would probably have been amazing except for the foggy / misty morning that hadn't yet quite lifted. From there we found our way in the right direction, and knowing we would need an early dinner, ...

Day 5 - Apollo Bay to Blairgowrie About 150kms Today was quite the meander - enjoying the coastline and all it had to offer. It started early-ish. Mr8 and I walked across the road to the beach to enjoy a spectacular sunrise over Apollo Bay. We got on the road about 9am, and took our time, stopping at lookouts and historic monuments along the way. At Lorne we had morning tea and the kids enjoyed a play on a pretty awesome looking playground. At Aireys Inlet w...

Day 4 - about 270km We got an early start from Ballarat and were on the road by 8.30am. We very quickly decided to sack the car GPS which seemed to be sending us the opposite direction to what we wanted to go. Sanity prevailed and we cut across country roads towards the coast. We had a rest stop in a little town called Camperdown which had a great little bakery that looked like it did a roaring trade. We hit the Great Ocean Road at Port Campbell, and travelle...

Day 3 - Ballarat all day This morning the kids slept til almost 7am which was very welcome. Once the youngest two became restless I took them off for a drive, with the main aim to find some sandwich fillers for lunchtime, bakery items for breakfast and coffee!! By the time we got back, the rest of the crew were up and at it, so we had breakfast then got organised for a day at Sovereign Hill - a replica 1850s town highlighting living in gold rush days. We did a...

Day 2: 13/4 Approx 600kms I think we underestimated today a little. It was a longer haul than we thought, but we adapted and thankfully the kids held it together - except for maybe the last half hour or so - but really - they travelled well again. We headed out from Gundagai after doing a lap of the Main Street, driving past the old railway station, and having a sticky beak at two very old and impressive (disused) timber bridges over the mighty Murrumbidgee Ri...