18.11 Matt WWOOFing: Swan Bay

We spent the day on the Bellarine Peninsular, where Matt was WWOOFing (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) just outside Queenscliff. The only task that day was to bring in three fishing boats...

The first boat to the trailer. Had a small issue with getting the engine to lock in position while it was running. There was also a strong wind blowing too, which blew the boat back towards the pier!

So with the waders on, Matt jumps in to man-handle the boat towards the trailer, with the wind blowing, and Matt slowly sinking into the mud of the bay!

Finally the boat is winched onto the trailer!

It's at this point that a digital camera & mobile phone are produced from the pockets! Unfortunately they didn't work again. If this ever happens to you, apparently (a web search revealed) you should rinse the goods down immediately with distilled water and let them dry out slowly.

The other two boats were much easier! The trama of first obviously took its toll!

29.07 Bellarine Peninsular

After I said some not-so pleasant things about Geelong when we ended up there on our way through to Melbourne from the Great Ocean Road last year, we decided to take another look. My relatives very kindly lent us their car for the weekend, so we thought that we'd do the Bellarine Peninsular. This forms the mouth to the Bay from the Bass Strait, with the Mornington Peninsular on the other side (see our previous posts for the 'story' & the 'photos').

Along the waterfront at Geelong they have a Bollard Trail, where they have carved over a 100 characters out of old pier pylons. All these characters have played a part in Geelong's history.

Although we didn't 'do' the town of Geelong, we, actually I, was more impressed with the place. Seeing it in the light and while it was dry definitely helped!! From Geelong we headed to Portarlington, via Drysdale with views towards Melbourne.

When we arrived in Portarlington we visited the local market and headed down to the small fishing port & jetty. This is where we met this little chap! From Portarlington we followed the coast round to Queenscliff.

On the Peninsular there is a scenic railway that takes you inland to Drysdale. We didn't quite have enough time to do the trip, so we went and had a look at the station just as the train was about to leave.

The town of Queenscliff is a nice medium-sized town, with some great architecture. You can catch the ferry from here to the Mornington Peninsular from here too.

A panoramic view of Queenscliff on the left and Portsea on the Right. This is the mouth to the Bay! There may have been some artist license in the photo, as I couldn't quite get my stitching markers. It took a ship that we saw in Geelong all day to get out of the Bay! It finally made it into the Bass Strait when we reached Point Lonsdale, where this photo is taken from.

Point Lonsdale had some great beaches.

From Point Lonsdale we headed to our final destination of Barwon Heads. This is apparently where Cadel Evans is from. There even had 'Go Cadel' written on the road as we crossed the bridge and headed to a local cafe!