Victorian Towns

Lorne

Monday 12^th September.

 We left Lorne after breakfast and drove to Queenscliff to get the car ferry over to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula. The trip is 40 mins and saves the long drive through Geelong and Melbourne. We made the 11am ferry and were in Sorrento before 12.pm

Rosebud was our stop for one night, we booked into the Foreshore camp ground after doing some grocery shopping. Some people in a large tent across from us started playing loud music and John complained to the Ranger’s office twice. Luckily the music stopped before dark and we didn’t hear it again. Thank goodness, because the ranger goes home at 4pm.

Unusual house.

I rang Peter and Lyn, a couple we met on a previous trip to Queensland. We arranged to meet up with them the following day. We have all kept in touch and we were looking forward to catching up with them at Dromana, a short drive from Rosebud.

Beach huts at Rosebud.

Peter, Lyn and John at Arthur's Seat Lookout.

Tuesday 13^th September.

Arthur’s Seat was the lookout at Dromana where we arranged to meet up with Peter and Lyn. They live close by and know the area. We spent a lovely few hours with them around the small towns on Westernport Bay and had lunch at the Hastings hotel. We said goodbye about 3pm and continued on our way until 4pm, stopping at Korumburra for the night. We had a good catch up and talked of having another holiday together.

Wednesday 14^th September.

The drive on the South Gippsland Highway took us through rural grazing land, we headed towards Sale. 175 klms away, stopping in Foster for a take away coffee and buying bread rolls for lunch. We were in Sale about 1pm and had lunch by the lake after we booked in the caravan park for two nights. The info centre in town gave us a few brochures of places of interest to keep us busy for a day or so. John went for a walk around the lake after lunch while I caught up on my reading.

We came back to the park and settled in for the afternoon. The caravan parks have been quiet, although Sale is a junction for a couple of highways, we noticed a few caravans have booked in here. It’s also the gateway to the Gippsland Lakes, a popular holiday area in the warm weather.

When we leave Sale, we will be on the Princes Highway heading into the NSW south coast.