Victorian Holiday ending

Thursday 18th May
A restful day but we still end up going to the vets (Percy's bandaged foot) and an enjoyable trip to the east of Mornington Peninsula. Flinders is a quiet retreat by the sea; populated by an older fishing community and by the very wealthy/the very famous, needing a getaway existance but in striking distance of Melbourne. From the beach and also a higher lookout we can see across the Western Port Bay to Phillip Island and the Nobbies! Cannon fire from a nearby naval base. A delicious lunch of fresh mussels and prawns
Onto Hastings which is another small fishing village - now more of a marina for pleasure craft. more mangrove swamp and pelicans swimming in the harbour. Pelicans have curious cartoon-like eyes. Great to see them in a normal habitat (although they knew how to hang around the fish shop on the quayside!) not in a zoo.

Friday 19th May
My last full day here before setting off to Singapore. My cousin M has decided to have a week's holiday in Singapore and we will meet up there.

Today (a fine autumn day with early mists) the Robins and I are off for a farewell meal at the Waves and sometime I must pack.

Having a holiday here in the State of Victoria has given a whole new meaning to the word Victorian - a place so similar in some ways to the UK (white culture and certainly its autumn weather) but so very different in so many other ways with all its natural wildlife.