We were up at 6am & ready to leave by 6.30am.! Never let it be said that I can't rise to the occasion.
It was "Round the Bay in a Day" for pedal cyclists & a big meeting on Phillip Island for motor bikers, so we were surrounded by 2-wheeled vehicles.
Upstairs, in the refreshments area of the ferry, the noise was horrendous, as hundreds of cyclists all talked at once in anything but dulcet tones - definitely on a par with white cockatoos! We decided to postpone breakfast until we had disembarked & hoped that we would be able to find somewhere quieter to eat. In fact, we had to drive quite a long way before we left the cyclists behind & finally stopped at a place called Baxter, where we enjoyed good cooked breakfasts. We shared a table with a lovely couple who also loved travelling & had an interesting chat with them.
Once on the road again, I promptly fell asleep until we reached Inverloch, where we stopped for a cup of tea. Was it the early start that had made me so lethargic, or the lack of fresh air (the sky had clouded over & the atmosphere felt 'heavy')?
We moved into beautiful hilly country, with steep slopes & deep valleys - the scenery was very picturesque, even though the road was narrow & winding. At one point, it looked like Switzerland, apart from the fact that we could see the ocean in the distance. There were obviously a lot of animals in the area, as we saw numerous signs indicating the presence of koalas, kangaroos & wombats. We were now in Gippsland.
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