Pete and I explored Apollo Bay this morning...we found the golf course and it was a wee bit windy, look at that flag!

This is the Barham River running into the ocean.

We were so excited to see the blue sky, the forecast was for cloudy skies.

Rather unusual rock formations....I just love peeking into the rock pools.

This is the view up the coast from Apollo Bay beach...

These conifers are very popular along the coast ...I think they are such majestic trees.

Apollo Bay beach...the tide is out...lovely to walk along.

Our accomodation looks even more splendid with the sunshine coming in.

Mait's Rest in Great Otway National Park...a glorious temperate rain forest with beautiful ferns and giant rainforest trees, myrtle beech and mountain ash.

There were lots of fungi on the forest floor but I have never seen anything like this one...it was as big as a bread and butter plate.

This I hope shows how beautiful the drive in the Great Otway National Park was...

 The Cape Otway lighthouse keeper's cottage.

Cape Otway lighthouse.

View from the lighthouse looking east...

View from the lighthouse looking west...

View from the lighthouse looking down...

The lighthouse steps...  there were other buildings to see and plenty of history to read about.

Our first little visitor...bird seed was in a jar in our chalet...

...then more...

 

Pete and I left Melbourne this morning for four nights down in Apollo Bay. On the way we stopped at Werribee Mansion...

The mansion was completed in 1877 for the Chirnside family who made their fortune from wool across the Western District of Victoria. 

The gardens and parkland surrounding the mansion are owned by the State Government...

The number and size of the trees in the park was enormous ....

Pete walking under one of the many oak trees...

....and there were hundreds of flying foxes in several of the  trees making a rather loud screeching noise.

The rose garden which contains over 5000 bushes....unbelievable...

The well known Torquay beach....

Jan Juc beach

The even more famous Bells Beach.

...the beginning of the Great Ocean Road.

The view from our window in our chalet at Apollo Bay...

The view from our table at Chris' Beacon Point Restaurant at Apollo Bay....we ate early so we could make the most of the view.

My main course....King fish....delicious ....as was everything else. It was a lovely night and we thank Tash, Todd and Jeremy for the voucher for our anniversary, such a thoughtful gift.

 

Our 40th Wedding Anniversary

Pete and I started the day by taking Monty for a long walk to the beach...

Not many people around Altona Beach as it was a cool and windy morning...

So much has happened since that happy day...

Afternoon drinks at Peachy Keens....had a few laughs...

....making the most of our time with Chris and Michelle...

Serious men's business....

Michelle and Chris made sushi for dinner....one of my favourites...

It tasted as good as it looks....

 

Waiting on a train at Flinders Street station

I love the many oak trees in Melbourne. Picked this acorn up on a walk to Lygon Street where we enjoyed a delicious lunch with Brad and Halina.