Thursday we had an uneventful trip down to Melbourne coming in on the Tullamarine Freeway and City Link then heading towards the South Eastern Suburbs and Frankston. We struck a traffic hold up just before the Holte Bridge and we crawled along until after entering the tunnel when there was access to another lane which helped the backlog get away. It is not a nice feeling when you are in the middle lane and wedged between two massive B Doubles, just hope you don't get the wobbles.
We have spent the last three nights here at the Frankston Big 4 while we enjoy our last days of this trip until we catch the Spirit of Tasmania home. Our friends Pauline and Les were already here when we arrived and it has been great catching up and hearing what they have been doing over the last few months.
Thursday we took a trip back up the Freeway to Melbourne where we enjoyed a lovely lunch at the Sandbar Cafe on the foreshore along Beaconsfields Parade, and we could see the Spirit preparing for its next crossing. It was then back negotiating the City Link and Freeways and down to Sorrento where the vehicular ferry leaves to cross Port Phillip Bay to Queenscliffe.
Yesterday we left the boys in the park and Pauline took me to the Black Pepper outlet at Dandenong, they were having a sale and nothing was over $25 with most things being around the $15 mark. Again the plastic had a little work out.
We are now preparing to leave Frankston and head to Port Melbourne, so this will be my last Blog for this trip, looking forward to next years already. The weather today is very hot with 28 degrees forecast but we are having between 50 -60 knot gusts of wind, hoping it will die down sometime soon.
Until next year
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| Spirit of Tasmania Melbourne |
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| Lunch Sandbar Melbourne |
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| Sorento vehicular ferry |
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| Sorento Beach |
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| Cat early in the game as a Sydney supporter |
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| Cat after she jumped ship during the game! |
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| Ready to watch the AFL Grand Final |
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| Frankston Foreshore |
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Baz checking out Port Philip Bay from
Frankston Foreshore |
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Frankston Foreshore on this windy day,
hoping for a calm crossing tonight! |
