Day 104 - Tuesday 11 April - Sightseeing on the Gippsland

Day 104

Tuesday

11 April 2017 –

Dalyston – Kilcunda – San Remo – Wonthaggi – Leongatha - Mirboo North - Korumbura

Another Tuesday upon us, this time waking in Dalyston. I was happy to read for an hour, finding my current book an intriguing read and not the normal style I would check out.

Just after 8am we both got out of bed and started our day. We were pleased to see that worst of the weather had passed over and the day greeted us with blue skies. We followed our morning routine, Paul went to have a shower in the footy change rooms, however I chose to pass on it for today, not quite sure about the all in deal of the boys cubicle.

Once we were organised, we let Pidge know what we were up to and he told us about a road to check out for good views.  We packed the car and made our way to the street, following it up the hill and along the ridge. We found a place to park next to a farmer’s field of milking cows and took in the view over the water to Phillip Island and back towards Melbourne. 

The cows were curious and came to the fence to check out what we were doing, making sure we were never out of their eyesight.

We continued on the road, stopping a couple more times to take in the view over Kilcunda. There were some terrific spots to take advantage of the view and well worth the drive.  

The road eventually returned to the main drag in Kilcunda and we parked up by the beach and took a walk checking out the swimming beach and then walking across the bridge over the creek.

I took advantage of taking photos of the structure before we returned to the car and drove out to San Remo.

We were intending on picking up groceries, but as there wasn’t much choice, we decided to just check out the foreshore, the road bridge connecting Phillip Island to the mainland and the pelicans. We then opted to head on to Wonthaggi, where we knew there was a greater selection of stores.

We parked outside Woolies and did a big shop, as we were out of a few key things and needed to restock. Once we had it packed in the car, we drove back to the van and unpacked everything, before having a hot cross bunny and then lunch.

We consulted the tourist brochure and worked out an itinerary for this afternoon, then clambered back in the car and drove towards Inverloch, not stopping in at the town, rather changing the destination to Leongatha and continuing our journey. 

We again didn’t stop in at the town, choosing to just drive through and make our way on to Mirboo North, where Paul was eager to get to the Grand Ridge Brewery. We pulled in to their car park and made our way inside and made ourselves comfortable. Paul was looked after the bar manager, Nick, who gave Paul a taste of their 15 beers and 2 ciders as they chatted all things beer. As 5 of the beers came from stubbies, Paul was then told to finish those off as well. Just as well he had a driver.

With most of the afternoon gone, I poured him into the car and we made our way home via Korumburra getting in just before 5pm. I had had a message from Laura with a photo of the boys with Yogi, the first we have seen of him since we left. He looked really well.

I sat and worked on the photos for the day and then rang home, talking to Mum, Brad, Laura and the boys. It was great to hear from everyone and catch them all in one place, with Laura promising to send through more pictures of Yogi dog. They were left with strict instructions to give him lots of cuddles.

After the call, I started on dinner and then we ate, cleaned up and at back to enjoy the quiet time for the rest of the evening.