Random thoughts and observations
We stopped briefly in Port Fairy on the way back from Warrnambool. It’s a bustling place on Sunday and really filled up around 11am as people flocked to the coffee shops and cafes. At the 2006 census, Port Fairy had a population of 2599. Its main industries are tourism and fishing, and it is the [...]
Southend is a small fishing village about 75km from Mount Gambier. We went there today for a swim at the beach. It was the hottest day of the summer so far (38 degrees) and only the second day over 30. Unfortunately, it was also very windy. The beach at Southend has clean, firm white sand. [...]
The Pool of Siloam at Beachport is seven times saltier than the sea. It is a small lake about 200 metres inland from the ocean, which is fed from underground. We visited there today and the buoyancy is remarkable. We floated like corks. I imagine it would be nearly impossible to drown there. As for [...]
Lake Bolac is exactly half way between Mount Gambier and Melbourne, 200km from both. For that reason it’s a good stopping place for a toilet break and to stretch the legs. On the way to visit Mum last week I detoured off the highway to look at the lake. Sadly it’s nearly dry. The distance [...]
We drove 550km from Mount Gambier to Moe today to spend the weekend before Christmas with my mother. We stopped just over an hour from Mount Gambier between Coleraine and Hamilton in Western Victoria to see the Wannon Falls. The falls were created by lava flows that surged upstream to the Wannon River. They feature [...]
