Mornington Peninsula - 27th December '25

Moving day today!

We were awake early and after a coffee we walked to a local cafe Al Naturale for a delicious breakfast. https://www.alnaturale.com.au/

Back to the apartment to pack and then at around 9:30 I walked the 15 minutes to pick up the rental car that we'd be using for the next couple of days.

Once we'd checked out and dropped the keys off we drove south towards the Mornington Peninsula. Our first stop was at Arthur's Seat, a lookout where Matthew Flinders, a royal naval navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore navigation of mainland Australia stopped to lookout. It's named due to its apparent similarity to Edinburgh.

There is a cable car up the hill and so after queuing with the hundreds of other tourists, we headed up and then did a short circular walk around the top taking in the views and spotting some wildlife.

We queued again to go back down the hill and then drove to a winery called Point Leo where we had a quick look at the sculptures and then had some food (with Ed trying a Rose from their cellar!).

By now it was late afternoon and we arranged to meet up with Kirsty and Sean who live just up the coast. Ed first met Kirsty when he was travelling in India in 2006 and stayed with her when he moved on to Australia. I met her when she visited the UK in 2011. We're staying in Kirsty's parents house for the next couple of days whilst they are away, in a town on the coast called Rye. We arrived at the seaside just before 5 and reccy'd the place before meeting at the house which is a short walk to the sea. Here we met up with Kirsty, Sean, Chloe and Zac and were reunited (finally,) with our bags which had been delivered to Kirsty's house.

The house is ideal for us and we spent the next few hours chatting with Kirsty and Sean over a few beers. Pizzas were ordered and we walked the short distance to collect them and brought them back to eat before returning back to the same area where the kids and I had an ice cream.

Kirsty and her family eventually said goodbye around 9:30 and we relaxed for an hour or so before bed.Read more