On the road again..............Part 1 .....the Great Ocean road..............

 I was very pleased to finally catchup on blog posts in my last report, but now I am 3 weeks behind already.....it takes a lot of time to sort the photos and post an update of newsfromjude. 

After having the van in the shed for almost 3 months it was time to head off again. After a few busy weeks at work, the office staff told Barry that we should go, so we packed up expecting to be away for up to 3 weeks. But plans are made to be changed, and circumstances altered on the way.

We decided to head into Victoria and follow the Great Ocean Road along the coast and get close to Melbourne and catchup with the family there.

We left Bordertown on a lovely sunny day, and enjoyed the brilliant yellow of canola crops interspersed with the green paddocks.

                              

                                              We crossed the border into Victoria................

................and then to Kaniva...........I just love the "sheep" they have all over the town......

                              

   .....and soon after Kaniva we turned south and had a quick stop at the Lake at Edenhope............it was good to see the lake was full of water.............

.....soon the flat country turned into hills..................

.                .............and we headed into Casterton, the home of the Kelpie sheep dogs.............

                                                   ...and then south to Portland...........

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It was lovely to see the wattle trees coming into flower............

We booked into the Portland Bay Holiday Park for the night............

...and went for a walk along the cliff...........to the lighthouse........

...........and overlooking the Bay.

Loved this sign in the park...............

After our walk, we went back to the park, where there was a mobile food van, so we ordered our food...... 

                                   

                             ..and sat around the fire with other patrons and listened to guitar playing.......

The next morning we headed out of Portland, via the wharf area where they load ships with grain and wood chips for overseas............

There is a lot of history at Portland.............and lots of old buildings............

We took a slight detour to the Cape Nelson Lighthouse................

....and found the car park filled with emergency vehicles and police, who said they were doing an investigation....so we took a photo and turned around.........

Next town along the way was to Port Fairy, another town with a lot of history..........

The countryside was lush and green and we saw a lot of dairies, and huge herds of dairy cows...........we  might have stopped at Warrnambool, but it was raining and we kept driving......and soon turned onto the Great Ocean Road..........

Just a few photos of the stunning coastline for you to see..............

I saw this sign and thought it a bit strange, as we all know what side of the road to drive on.........but after a few stops I realised that there were lots of overseas people on the road, which did explain the signs!!

                               

I shall finish this post here, and come back to report on the rest of the trip in Part 2.

Be back soon.....

Blessings, From Jude and Baz.