Blogs from Portsea, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

It might not seem that far from Melbourne but you will be surprised at how long it can take to get there from Melbourne via Geelong and Sorrento... :-/... read more

We spent the day at the beach after granny filling us till we popped with a full English breakfast!!!!! The beach was lovely and chilled- we listened to music all day, messed about in the sea and played Harlam (an Irish game with wooden sticks and a ball................)................. Went back to grannys and again got stuffed with an amazing BBQ! We were joined by 2 girls that were staying at the B&B............ Stayed drinking with granny til late and she managed to drink us under the table!!! Made it out at about 11pm............... after drinking more than I think ive ever consumed in my life I think!!!!...................................................... Went out in a place called Sorrento to the Sorrento Hotel (reminded me of the Power Boat- it was alot nicer inside but full of shaggy haired surfer types!) ... read more

Going Back to Portsea ... The Officer Cadet School was never a place that attracted me back for sentimental visits. I think that I drove down once with the family when they were quite young, and turned away at the gates without going any further. I was glad to be overseas when it closed and was absorbed into the Royal Military College, Duntroon. That, at least, let me avoid avoid going back. Even then, I couldn't avoid begging letters from past graduates flogging this history or that limited edition sketch of the old buildings. After the Officer Cadet School closed, the site was taken over by the the School of Army Health, and I visited it on several occasions in the early and mid-1990s. It had started to lose its horror, and become just another set ... read more