Cardinia

Lunch is a perfectly nice tempura fish and chips at the Lakeside café.

Then we head off for a walk through the woods. It's just us for the whole walk. We end up at the Heritage Centre which is shut but could be set in English parkland : the rhodendruns are flowering, the acers are in leaf and there are daisies and dandelions in the grass. We swing by the wishing well which looks sweet but is a bit rank!

Returning, we continue round the lake. It's pretty, with lots of wild fowl to look at.

We share a pineapple and lime ice lolly and get back to the station about 40 minutes before our train departs. The engine is being filled with water as shunted to what will be the front of our return train.Read more