Portland, Victoria, Australia

Portland was a pleasant stop with mild temps and sunny skies. Dee needed to replace a belt and she found a perfect replacement in a leather-goods shop. There was a small maritime museum with facts about the same wreck that almost every town we visited laid claim to. Must have been as traumatic for the townspeople as it was for the shipwrecked crew. We met a shopkeeper who also ran a sheep farm. Walking down the street, we met a couple who had just finished their potato harvest. They had come to town from 2.5hrs away to see it as they are normally too busy and the husband only came to town to drive his produce to the port. They had big plans for travel in the North America and Europe and enjoyed swapping travel stories. Czytaj więcej