Mother's Day dawned fine in Robe, so we decided to see the place without the misty rain. We were not disappointed. I was able to capture Adrienne doing something she really loves, photography. We revisited Door Rock and the Robe coast. The look so different in sunshine. The local from yesterday was exaggerating.
We travelled the coast to Beachport, initially by a road which promised much but delivered little. On the map it looked as though we could see the water, but the dunes and vegetation made the drive unexciting. The corrugated dirt road did not help. Once back on the bitumen we arrived at Beachport. The attraction at Beachport was the jetty and how the sea interacted with the erosion barrier on either side of the jetty.
The next town on the road was Millicent. Close by is the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere, boasting 122 turbines for a combined maximum output of 300 MegaWatts. Check the photo. The full extent could not be captured in one shot. GoogleMap shows the extent from above.
East of Mount Gambier we crossed the state border without the fruit and vegetable police we expected. The signs mark the border.
After lunch and a fuel stop in Portland we finally arrived at Port Fairy. It is a larger town than we expected and there is certainly more money around than we anticipated. It is quite a picturesque place.
Tomorrow we commence the Great Ocean Road and the highlight of the now Eleven Apostles.
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