Thursday 09th of June 2011
Dromana - Queenscliff - Apollo Bay
I am on the road again ...
Hitting the bus early in Dromana heading to Sorrento where I picked up the ferry to Queenscliff.
In Queenscliff I had made my first stop in a beautiful restaurant in an old church called the "Apostles".
Then I got the bus 76 to Geelong, where I am right now.
Sitting in the university cafeteria, which is a nice huge and very quiet place.
At 15:15 I head off to Apollo Bay staying in Otway Lodge at least for one night.
Just checking out supported walks in all the brochures I got at the tourist information.
May be there is one I can afford and which makes sense to me.
Maybe there are even some more other people. Would be nice walking in a small group as well.
If I had a wish: let it be! Thank you so much!
Tonight I hopefully got some internet access again, so I can check out more.
And look for other couch possibilities.
The weather is dry, that's the best I can say, which is something, better than two days ago with hail and rain showers.
Wednesday 08th of June
Dromana
That's the beautiful guest-room I stayed at on Zeb Farm land. We went shopping, getting some paint, a car battery and some food.
Lazy today, just a little walk up the hill to Oz Reservoir and down back again.
Now on the web, writing.
I have made some pictures, which are still on the camera.
Maybe I can do that in the evening.
Tuesday 07th of June
Dromana on Mornington Peninsula
Early in the morning, was went to the medical centre in Rosebud to get Andrew x-rayed, to ensure nothing is broken. Everything fine, I drove him up to his place, nice little house, where he is about to move to Singapore. I could use the internet and did some research for long period car rental and some new hosts on me way to Adelaide. Answered emails ...
I drove up to Arthur's Seat and had a quick walk through the Sea Gardens, which is a very nice garden or park on top of the mountain overlooking the whole Philly Bay. The weather was really windy all day, damn cold with hail and gusts of rain. Freezing my head off. Nice vegetarian night meal, a little of Australians Top Talents on TV, don't remember which channel, then to bed, had a good warm sleep. Very calm and no traffic noise what so ever.
The whole house is damn cold and not heated at all, because its not really finished jet. They are about to set the chimney up for a steel stove.
Monday 06th of June
Melbourne - Dromana Mornington Peninsula
I left Melbourne by train, quite early in the morning, nice sunshine, quiet in the city. I got a train ticket at the main counter easily. Train up to Frankston, 30 minutes to wait, I bought some postcards, a knife and something else. Hitting the bus to Dromana being there around lunchtime, calling my host: no credit on the prepaid any more! Waiting .. she came and picked me up: Great! Recharging the prepaid failed, shit!
She showed me around in their amazing new house on the farm ground just outside the city. Really gorgeous.
I had a chat with her husband and left for a little walk up the hill into the state park.
I went slow, taking a lot of shots of all these new plants, new to me only, I suppose 🙂
On my way back I got picked up and she wanted to show me some wallabies. Phone call: her friend Andrew pulled one shoulder paddle surfing. So she asked me about car driving: I said that's fine with me.
So we drove up to the beach, better we search it in almost dark, we found him with some guys helping. Andrew still in his wet suit shivering in the cold. We drove up to the doctor on Red Hill who was very skilled and rearranged the joints with ease. Instantly his pain was almost gone. We waited half an hour, relaxing and observing than we went back to the farm house.
Getting a shower, cleaning up my cloth, had supper and watched TV while chatting a little bit.
Category description
Dromana is a suburb south of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, and is located on the Mornington Peninsula. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.
Dromana is located in Victoria, south of the capital city, Melbourne, between Mornington and St Andrews Beach. It is located west of Merricks Beach and French Island. Overlooking Dromana from the south, Arthurs Seat is the highest point on the Mornington Peninsula.
Dromana is known for its number of vineyards. More than 22 separate vintners operate within Dromana, as well as several vineyards. The Dromana Drive-in cinema is a popular entertainment spot for locals and holidaymakers alike.
Overlooking Dromana from the south Arthurs Seat, is the highest point on the Mornington Peninsula offering panoramic views of Port Phillip, Safety Beach and Mount Martha.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.
The colloquialism , „No Dromanas“, is rhyming slang for „no dramas“, meaning „no worries“ or „not a problem“ and refers to the popular beachside suburb of Dromana. This phrase is used frequently by Melbournians as a popular means of comic relief.
