We’ve had a few cool, rainy days this week so we’ve stayed pretty close to home. We did take a Sunday drive to Geelong, a town that is south east of Ballarat and right on the water (Port Phillip Bay). We had a great drive down to Geelong and a lovely walk along the waterfront. This town has put a lot of effort into improving their waterfront area. There were lots of boats in the harbour and several sailboats out in the bay enjoying a sunny afternoon sail!
Mark and I have done a few walks around the neighbourhood. Even though the weather has been wet, it’s really nice to walk along the streets and down in the valley behind Matthew’s house. As I mentioned in my last post, many of the houses have very interesting ironwork on their porches. The houses also have front yard fences and gates – some of which are super fancy!!
This coming weekend we are heading up to a cabin owned by Margie’s sister. It’s in a town called Echuca and it’s on the border between Victoria and New South Wales. It’s about a 3 hour drive north so we’ll see a bit of the country side as we had north. This town is on the Murray River which is Australia’s longest river. The first time we visited Australia (back in 2000), we rented a motor home and drove from Queensland all the way back to Ballarat. The girls were young (7 and 5) and they got quite bored of the drive, so to keep them entertained, Mark kept telling them about the big river we would be crossing – the mighty Murray River. Well that winter Australia was having a severe drought and when we crossed the Murray River it was just a trickle in the centre of a wide riverbed. We’re expecting a much bigger river this time around because there have been flood warnings the past few days!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 