Monday March 15, 2010. – Road to Portland.

We started the day by going to the Otway Lighthouse. After seeing it we could say we saw it from land, sea and air. Each way gave us different way to see it. From sea we could see how steep the cliff was in front of it. From the air we could see how well kept the site was as well as how open it was. From land we were able to climb it and hear about its history. This lighthouse is the oldest on the main island of Australia. Tasmania has the oldest one.

We drove down the road to the site of the Arch. The Arch is wide enough and deep enough for a helicopter to fly through it. However, our pilot said he would not be proving that. Our next stop was called London Bridge (broken). Both of these stops were close to the road. Our last stop was the Grotto. We were able to go down the stairs to the beach at the bottom. When Mom and I were here 4 years ago we did not go down the stairs. It was really remarkable at the bottom. It was starting to get very hot with the sun beating down. The path way to the Grotto was longer than the other 2 put together.

We ate lunch in Peterborough. We could not find a table in the shade so we ate a BBQ stand, standing up. At least we were out of the sun.

The rest of the day was spent travelling the next 150km to Portland. After checking in we went to see the Cape Nelson Lighthouse. It was closed but we were able to see the rugged coastline. On the way back we was at least 4 wallabies and 2 echidnas.

We had a quiet evening and a walk on the beach.