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Grant and Rae's Oz Trip Feb/Mar 2014

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February 18th 2014
Tuesday..........set off from Beacon Point along the windy coastal road........stopped off in Lorne for a 15 minute break before heading to Point Lonsdale, as recommended by Helen. Breakfasted in The Shack in Ocean Grove, very good and reasonably priced. Had our first visit to a bottle mart (the off-licence, which is where you buy you beer, wine here). Spent a couple of hours on Point Lonsdale bea ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more