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.
Kategorie: Mornington Peninsula
Melbourne – Dromana
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
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston. The area was originally home to the Mayone-bulluk clan and formed part of the Boonwurrung nation’s territory prior to European settlement.
Much of the peninsula has been cleared for agriculture and settlements, however small areas of the native ecology remain in the peninsula’s south and west, some of which is protected by the Mornington Peninsula National Park. Around 135,000 people live on the peninsula, most in the small towns on its western shorelines which are sometimes regarded as outlying suburbs of greater Melbourne. During the summer months, the population can swell to around 250,000 people.
The peninsula is primarily a…