Day 88 - Sunday 26 March - Checking out the Bellarine

Day 88

Sunday

26 March 2017

Geelong – Queenscliffe – Barwon Heads -Torquay

Finished the Jasper Jones - Was a fantastic read and I highly recommend it. Can't wait to check out the movie.

It was cloudy again today. Such a beautiful day yesterday, but today there was no trace of the blue skies. I read for a while before finally crawling out of bed and going for a shower. The morning was already slipping by.

We made our way in to Geelong at 10am, heading to the waterfront again, but walking the other end. It was grey as far as we could see, but the waters were calm and flat. 

We passed the ferris wheel and a number of other art bollards all dolled up. There is a swimming pool, or a fenced off area, with diving boards and lap swimming and a boardwalk that encircles the whole area, which we wandered around before hiking it up the large staircase and into the suburbs to admire the architecture of the old homes. 

We returned to the car and moved it up the main street, so that we could get closer to the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant where we were booked in for dim sum breakfast.  The place wasn’t overly busy and we were fed quickly with delicious parcels, unlike the one in Warrnambool.

When we had finished, we walked around the city streets before heading back to the car and driving out to Queenscliff to investigate where the car ferry leaves from. 30min on, we parked and wandered through the small farmers market before stopping in at Queenscliff Brewhouse for Paul to check out the tasting paddle they had on offer.  We enjoyed chatting to Darcy, who was working behind the bar and giving us a run down of the place and their plans for a brewery on site.

Once finished, we walked through the rest of the market and then made to head on. We found a caravan park in town, which we stopped at to investigate and booked into for Tuesday and Wednesday. We then made our way on to Barwon Heads. This is where the Barwon River enters Bass Strait. We had a wander across the pedestrian bridge watching those enjoying the water. We then drove the car on to the bluff and checked out the cliff face before making our way to Torquay.

Realising on the way that we had turned left instead of right, we had to backtrack until we found our intended destination, Odyssey Brewery. Paul set himself up with a tasting paddle and began recording his thoughts. We chatted with the bar man before heading back to the van

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We were happy to have some time out. The blue skies had returned and it was relatively warm. We opted to go for a walk along the river, before making our way over the pedestrian bridge and into the town. We passed the Geelong AFL stadium and St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral before rounding back through the streets, over the bridge and into the caravan park. We had dinner before settling in for the evening.