Day 18

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A bit of a later beginning to the day, but who is in a rush?
We had chosen t visit a garden Maze advertised in the visitor’s brochures and picked the Ashcombe Lavender Garden Maze. The address input into the Tom-tom navigator and away we go. All is well except we ended up on a steep dirt road going through some bushland. This certainly raised questions in both our minds and thankful we had a decent vehicle, equipped with four wheel drive if required!
Yet we were both surprised when we came out on a sealed stretch of road about 500metres from our chosen destination.
Relief and thankful we had trusted Tom to get us there, we headed into the attraction.
Gee the price was a little steep at $30.00 but never mind it showed up good on the brochure.
We were certainly disappointed with this and it definitely is NOT value for money! The gardens had a very tired look and grass with bare patches and unkempt rose gardens. The lavender section (maze??) was ok but the waterfalls and lake was very ordinary. The conifer maze section was not too bad but we left there a little disappointed. NOT a recommendation as a place to visit as far as we are concerned.
We set our next sights on Arthurs seat, not at all sure what or where this was, but our trusty companion Tom-tom had no problems and had us there in around 10mins.
This was a great view high up on the Peninsular and views back to Melbourne over Port Phillip Bay. A great view and a beaut day to take in the view. This was named Arthur’s Seat by an early sea skipper because it reminded him of a similar pace in Scotland.
A nice cup of coffee with scones, jam and cream sort of allowed us to let go of the prior tourist attraction disappointment.
We headed back to the bottom of the Peninsular to visit the Nepean National Park, old Fort and quarantine station.
We drove in a part of the way and visited the Quarantine station and checked out the history and buildings there. Very interesting part of Australian history, from the early ships arrival, with so many passengers dying along the way with diseases and creating the quarantine station. 166 passengers and 2 crew died because of the fever on one of the early settlement ships.
We certainly enjoyed the 4 kms of walk around the different sites, including the memorial to Harold Holt, above the beach where he drowned/Disappeared in 1967. The walking must make up for the Scones, cream and jam, surely!!
We headed back and hooked up ready for the early departure tomorrow, 8am ferry departure.
Settled in for our dinner and sleep.

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Photos

Sorrento Mornington Peninsula
View of Port Phillip Bay from behind our campsite

Lavender Maze Morninton Peninsula
The lavendar Maze section

Arthurs Seat Mornington Peninsula
Rick Doesn't fit the seat

Harold Holt Memorial
Over looking the trechorous beach that Holt dissappeared from. Even on a calm day it woud not be advisable t swim here!