Meredith Park

28th Feb, 2010

We left Meredith park at 10.15am for Church at 10.30. We were warmly welcomed both at the door and during the service. Colac is similar to Bairnsdale Baptist Church in that they are in the process of searching for a new Pastor. the interim Pastors message was titled "Whats on your mind" He spoke clearly and it was easy to follow his message. After the service we stocked up on a few grocery items and then headed on our way.

Our intention had been to go to Wannon Falls but two people at Meredith Park had suggested we also cheque out Nigretta Falls as well. There was about 9km between the two so we stopped first at Nigretta and then went on to Wannan Falls. Wannon was a heavily treed area with most being gum trees. It was also quite dusty underfoot so we went back to Nigretta Falls and set ourselves up on a lovely grassed area free of Gum trees. Nigretta was also somewhat secluded so we had a little protection from the strong winds. half a dozen cars came in and promptly drove out so we were pretty much on our own the whole time. We spent our evenings playing cards and laughing a lot. the rest of the time we relaxed and went for a walk along the river and then across the rocks to get various views of a waterfall that has no water.

On our way here we passed through some very lovely little towns, Camperdown, Mortlake and one other little place called Tarrington that all had some lovely old homes.

I remember on our one and only drive along the Great Ocean Road we saw miles and miles of stone walls. This drive was very much the same.... miles and miles of rock fences all perfectly straight. Clearly a lot of hard work to prepare the land for pasture. There is a large dairy industry here and at the moment the animals all seem to be in prime condition.

Today the 2nd March

Ken and I have come to Mt. Gambia ahead of Pam and Colin as we needed to have some scripts filled. It turns out we have to go to a Doctor as the Chemist is telling us the script cannot be filled as the particular tablet Ken has is no longer available. The Chemist kindly made an appointment for us so we are pleased we came ahead.

We have driven past The Blue Lake on the way to the Caravan park and it is distinctive in its colour. I will write more on it and the surrounding area next time.