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Published: February 19th 2013
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We spent our last day in Tasmania driving around the outskirts of Devonport, admiring the farmland and walking along the beach at Shearwater. It was an extra low tide with a wide sandy beach – we smiled at the big distance between the life savers on the sand and those few in swimming. The shells growing in abundance on rocks looked like baby mussels. We went back into town and had a last look at Devonport - all done, tick it off. We did enjoy our time in Tassie.
We had our early start yesterday, leaving the caravan park and queueing at the Devonport wharf to catch the 9am sailing for Melbourne. There were other motor homes, caravans, cars and motor bikes waiting to board. It was another smooth nine hour trip, made pleasant by the company of two couples we met and sat with – one from Victoria, the other from Queensland. There were lots of swapping of stories of trips taken and things seen.
Melbourne was bathed in sunlight when we arrived at 6pm – it had been a 35C degree day there and it was still warm, many people were out along the waterfront making the
most of the weather. We drove off the boat, found our way through Melbourne traffic and booked into the Coburg caravan park once more.
After a rather sleepless hot night, we woke to a cooler, grey day and even a few spots of rain which didn’t last long. We were going to drive down the western side of Port Phillip Bay and then get the ferry across to the Mornington Peninsular. With the weather being as it was and visibility not that crash hot, we decided we’d just drive down the eastern side to the Peninsular.
It was a hairy drive as the heavy traffic continued even long after we’d left Melbourne as we’d made the mistake of picking the highway, rather than following the shore line. We did get off eventually and drove along the road at the water’s edge, much nicer and quieter, all the way to Sorrento. We did stop at Dromana and at Diggers Seeds. They sell seeds from heritage flowers and vegetables. I only bought yet more garlic. If the meteor strikes, I hope it avoids the garlic, if in fact, it grows well this year. I am getting anxious to start planting
my vegetable garden once I'm home.
It’s a pity it wasn’t a sunny day as it was all very pretty along the Mornington Peninsular. The shops look nice, though parking a motor home in busy towns is always a problem. Along the beaches are many colourful sheds, owned privately and no doubt handy to keep beach gear in and for changing. Tomorrow I’m looking forward to seeing the Brighton Beach beach huts, I think from memory there are many more there, all very colourful – and worth a tiny fortune too!
We are staying overnight at Frankston, tomorrow we’ll continue our trip back to Melbourne along the waterfront and then hit the Hume Highway on our homeward journey.
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