Dandenong Ranges Victoria

Dandenong Ranges Victoria

Here are a few pics from a great day out we had in the Dandenong Ranges Victoria.  The Dandenongs are just to the East of Melbourne, the roads wind their way through the towering forests with picture postcard villages, the perfect place for a Cream Tea!  Follow the many paths to discover secret Fern Gullies with many sightings of the ‘laughing Kookaburra’!

Inverloch Victoria

Inverloch Victoria

We spent a memorable weekend with Megan & Darren in Inverloch, a beautiful seaside resort located on the Bass Highway, 143 km south east of Melbourne, at the mouth of the Anderson Inlet.  We rented a great house and had the traditional ‘Aussie Barbie’.  Darren & I found a great place for the sunset called Twin Reefs.  We even had our own Yoga model meditating in the last of the days sun.  My goretex trainers were again tested by the incoming waves?????

Gippsland Victoria

Gippsland Victoria

A few images of life at the Alpaca farm in Gippsland, Victoria.  A big thank you to Senga and Peter for looking after us, it really was great to see them again!  It was also nice to see a different side to the Australian Landscape.  Apparantly it’s often very green, far too much sun this year though, we’ll probably get the same problem this summer at home??????

12 Apostles Port Campbell

12 Apostles Port Cambell National Park Victoria

I managed a sunrise and sunset at the 12 Apostles, Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.  The sunrise shots were taken from the main viewing platforms looking both East to Gibson Steps and West to the 12 Apostles.  The sunset shots were taken looking back east at the 12 Apostles so not such a well taken shot.  This is because you have to tramp across a few hundred metres of thick bush which I was imagining were snake infested.  Hence I made plenty of noise on the way and way back, the lone Kangaroo I disturbed must have thought I was crazy!!!!

Gibson Steps Victoria

Gibson Steps Victoria 12 Apostles Great Ocean Road

These are a few sunset shots from Gibson steps on the Great Ocean Road.  It is the beach adjacent to the 12 Apostles, you cannot get access to the 12 Apostle beach because it has a protected Penguin colony.  The weather was quite cold with strong winds and high seas.  I managed to test out my goretex traniners while taking a few of these shots – apparently they don’t work when the water gets in from the top????