I slept in today. After I had a shower and then breakfast it was 9:30am. I hadn’t any plans for the day but I remembered a friend had visited the beaches at Mornington recently. So I decided that would be a good thing to do today. 


I left my motel at Box Hill and drove to the Shire Hall Beach at Mornington. It is a lovely spot and I spent some time walking along the beach. After this it was lunch time so I called into the ‘Boyz 4 Breakie’ cafe. I had a Boyz Minute Steak Sandwich and a flat white coffee for lunch. Delicious! After lunch I had a look at a few historic buildings before wandering through the nearby park.

Me overlooking Mornington Beach

Shire Hall Beach, Mornington

Beautiful….

The Red Bluff

Court House

The lock up

The old Post and Telegraph Office

A statue of Matthew Flinders

After I left Mornington, I drove to Arthurs Seat near Dromana. This provided a wonderful view of Port Phillip Bay. 

Me at Arthurs Seat

Arthurs Seat

After I went to Arthurs Seat, I visited Heronswood at Dromana (Diggers Club). I have wanted to go here for probably 20 years and in my opinion was worth the $10 to go in and see the gardens.

Desert Ash

Vegetables can be decorative too

Gotta love chooks

The amenities….

There is a restaurant housed in this lovely building

Pumpkin display

I then left Heronswood and went to Sorrento Back Beach.

The Queenscliffe to Sorrento ferry

Sorrento Back Beach

Coppin’s Lookout. These were just the last lot of steps, I was breathing heavily by the time I got up there. Good cardiac exercise…

View from Coppin’s Lookout

Another view from Coppin’s Lookout

Whitehall Guesthouse in Sorrento

I noticed the sign to London Bridge at Portsea so I checked it out. 

London Bridge

I then went to look at Point Nepean. I had to park about 4km away and walk in. It was a pleasant walk. Part way along I noticed a sign pointing to a memorial for Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia who went missing in 1967. It was at this spot he had disappeared into the ocean.

Harold Holt memorial at Cheviot Beach

I continued on until I came across Fort Pearce and the Pearce Barracks. Fort Nepean was at the point of Point Nepean.

Point Nepean

Eagles Nest

10″ gun from Eagles Nest 1889

Fort Nepean

The remains of Pearce Barracks

Fort Pearce

Fort Pearce

Gun emplacement at Fort Pearce

The Port Lonsdale Lighthouse where I was yesterday. Viewed from Point Nepean.

By now it was getting late so I called it a day. I walked the 4km back to the car and drove the 100 odd kilometres back to my motel at Box Hill.