Blogs from Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Yambuk caravan Park is lovely, right on the ocean but a bit protected by the dunes. There's a huge sand slide on the beach side of the dunes, good playground for the kids at the boat ramp which aren't really part of the park but you have to come through the park to get access them so very handy. No good with the fishing, too hot and windy for most of the time so did the tourist thing.Port Fairy is about 20 mins away and very pretty but extremely busy at this time of year, still summer school holidays.Portland is about an hour away heading towards South Australia and a lovely place, used to be a whaling port but thankfully now just cargo but a lot of history regarding whaling. Warrnambool is the largest place around, ... read more

Monday April 1st From time to time I have seen traveller's pictures of Port Fairy in Victoria and thought I would love to visit this quaint town. Today we did a half day trip from Koroit and discovered that the settlement was originally called Belfast, so the Irish connection and theme followed again today, but maybe not as obvious as at Koroit. Both towns are in Moyne Shire, and that I think maybe another hint of the Irish settlement of this part of the colony. As we drove into town we noted many old cottages and buildings before stopping at the wharf. I have seen some magic photos here with low light, still water, and reflections setting the mood. Today was cold, windy, occasional showers and not conducive of magical reflections. We walked around the business ... read more

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Neither of us had expected all that much of Portland but it’s a really nice town! It used to be a whaling and sealing base from the early nineteenth century, a fact that the old whale boiling pot in one of the parks is testimony to… It was also one of Victoria’s earliest European settlements, and rows of plaques adorning stone walls bear the details of settlers’ arrivals along with messages from their descendents. Today, Portland’s main industry is aluminium export. The industrial wharf isn’t exactly pretty but there are still lots of beautiful colonial-era buildings dotted around town. One of these is Bay View House, constructed in 1850 in an alternative Georgian style. Mary MacKillop – Australia’s first saint who lived in Portland from 1862 to 1866 and founded the country’s first religious order – ... read more

11:00 Uhr sind wir gestarted. Unser roadtrip von Adelaide nach Port Fairy begang damit, dass wir unsere Abfaht runter von der Stadtautobahn verpassten und somit eine Ehrenrunde um ganz Adelaide fahren mussten. Beim 2. Versuch haben wir dann die richtige Ausfahrt gefunden. Stundenlang sind wir durch flaches australisches OUTBACK gefahren. BIG BETTY wurde auf 110 km/h hochgehurt--- und sie lief wie eine V1!! Die Landschaft war flach, mit wenig Háusern und die Strasse ohne jegliche Kurven>>>> ''Babsi ich glaube wir haben uns verfahren...wir sind in North Dakota (USA) gelanded!!!'' Nach unserer ersten Pause hat Babsi sich dann ans Steuer gewagt. Geradeaus fahren ist selbst mit Linksverkehr ja nicht soooo schwer.... denkste Puppe!! Kaum sitzt Babsi am Steuer fahren wir in eine Kleinstadt mit Kreisverkehr rein. Zitat Babsi:'' Oh GOTT!!! ein Kreisverkehr..... read more