Blogs from Peterborough, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

The southern coastal plains and rolling hills of Victoria are famous for their dairy herds. In todays journey we will do a circuit west from Peterborough and later north to Timboon which is just a little bigger and better than the imaginary Timbuktu that we never visit because we can never find it. Not even Tom Tom can find these mythical locations. This is prime productive dairy country. There was a bright sunrise made spectacular by an oncoming front. So the day was dull, windy, some showers, but that did not deter us from going look see. Two of the campers had 9 month old puppies traveling with them, and it seemed like it was fun at first sight. The little white Westie so far has not responded well to puppy school lessons, whereas the bigger ... read more

I FOUND A BEACH! We went on a little road trip this weekend and camped for one night along the Great Ocean Road. The name is pretty self explanatory but it's exactly what you'd expect... a long road right next to the sea. The views were amazing all the way to were we stopped to camp and we stopped about every half an hour to check out each town or view that we passed. We passed through Bells beach which is part of the International Surf tour, Apollo bay, Some cool little towns called port campbell and peterborough and also enjoyed the 'twelve apostles'. I'd never heard of them before but they were definitely worth visiting. You can check them out in the pictures but they are massive stacks which are created by erosion of the ... read more

Tuesday 6th December was another day that started with glorious sun-shine. There was a bit of a breeze and out of the sun it was a little chilly – Daphne found it very cold!! We were a bit undecided as to what to do. Yesterday’s trip, although not far, was very tiring and we’d agreed not to have two tiring days on the trot. So a casual meander along the coast towards, but not as far as, Warnambool was the order of the day – though not before we’d had a mid-morning cuppa and toast to set ourselves up. At about 11:00am we set off in the car for the nearest lookout – we could have walked it but we intended going on further. The Bay of Martyrs is fantastic with easy access down to a ... read more

Monday 14th November – our intention was to use this break as a chance to relax and unwind. When we look back on what we have done in the last 14 months in general and the last couple of months in particular we feel that to be able to have a period of calm and absolute rest will do us good. Nevertheless, on Monday 14th November we couldn’t resist having an early morning walk after breakfast. We strolled through the village and past the two small stores on our way to the beachfront. There’s a 9 hole golf course in Peterborough which claims to be the most picturesque course in Australia. It’s in an idyllic location and is particularly well maintained. Today appeared to be Ladies Day although we don’t know if it was a competition ... read more

Day 284 - Peterborough There was a slight change in the weather today and it meant that nobody would have to go fishing or swimming to get really, really wet! The heavens opened and the rain just poured. We said goodbye to Janet and Al who left early this morning. Despite the rain we were still keen to stay another night; we’ve become very fond of Peterborough and extremely fond of Julie & Kalvin who are great company. To keep ourselves occupied Darryl caught up on current affairs by reading the paper, I continued with the blog updates while Julie went visiting her Mum and Kalvin relaxed with a crossword. When a significant break appeared in the weather mid-morning Darryl & Kalvin decided to give the fishing another go down on the beach. They were probably ... read more