Portland

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- Apr 1, 2018, 9:26pm
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Australia Victoria Glenelg Bolwarra Frank Lodge Lookout -38.294308, 141.61495838°17’40” S 141°36’54” E
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Portland
April 1, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A long weekend means a break away from our Melbourne base. We loaded up the caravan and headed away on Good Friday. The traffic was light. Breakfast in Colac at 10am was good. Small towns are friendly and welcoming. Onto Portland by 1pm through the area devastated by bush fires 2 weekends earlier. The smell was still around. An easy drive with light traffic. Apparently the travellers who arrived before us had heavy traffic all the way. Camp set up in 30 minutes at the tourist park. Lots of large boats in camp as there's a tuna fishing competition on. Also the "grey nomads" are prevalent with their massive rigs towering over our tiny Avan. Nearly always advice being given when setting up camp.
A walk down into the town centre via the cliff top gave great views. It's a 2km walk and did it again on Saturday as the local Easter market was on. Very busy town with lots of elderly and almost as many dogs being dragged through the hordes of people. Portland was first settled in 1832 and is the oldest town in Victoria. It's natural harbour sure helped. The large Port and aluminium smelter are the main industries now.Read more
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- Apr 1, 2018, 9:41pm
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Australia Victoria Glenelg Portland Flinders Park -38.330242, 141.60034238°19’49” S 141°36’1” E
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Portland
April 1, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
On Easter Sunday we awoke to our 5 year old camping neighbour opening our caravan door and giving us an Easter egg. The camp kids were all on a chocolate high. Easter bunny soon arrived to top up the egg supplies, probably to the quiet moans of the parents attempting to keep the kids in check.
Had a small drive out past the Aluminium smelter to Point Nelson Lighthouse. Quite a rugged and windswept area overlooking the Southern Ocean. The next stop was Bridgewater which has a massive flat and calm sandy beach. Just right for a walk. No chance of swimming in that icy water! A small drive to a petrified forest passing through the wind farm with the turbines gently rotating. They are really quiet and very mesmerising. Back to camp for a book read but due to the social nature of the camp there was more neighbourly chatter than reading. Campgrounds are like that most of the time. There's always time to chat to like-minded people. Although as we packed up the caravan ready to leave a few came over to talk about our caravan. Thankfully we had plenty of time. By the time we left the camp on Monday there were more vacant sites than full. The Easter break is definitely over. As we hit the road late the traffic was light all the way home. The worst part of the holiday is unpacking the caravan but we of course have already started planning our next weekend away.Read more
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