We made the most of the morning in Hamilton – checking out just a little before 10 and then parking across the road and taking a look at the local botanical gardens. These are the 4th oldest in Australia, and may have lost their fine specimens of monkeys, peacocks and kangaroos, but they do still have some nicely set out lawns, sweeping vistas and an aviary with some Burke’s Parrots, budgies and Red Rumped Parrots. It was a pretty cold morning, but the walk was enjoyable. The small sensory garden created by the friends of the gardens had a good variety of texture, smell and colour which we also appreciated.
We had a brief stop at the local lake. Very few interesting birds to see.
We stopped just out of Penshurst at Mount Rouse – driving as far up as we could, and then taking the steps to the viewing platform.
We stopped at the famous Clarke’s Pies at Mortlake for lunch before getting on our way with a bit more application, realising that we were cutting it pretty fine now to make it to the ferry on time.
We arrived with about 10 minutes to spare to join the line just before the appointed 40 minutes prior to departure.
The Ferry crossing was fairy gentle. We left from Queensliff, where a new terminal is being built, and arrived at Sorrento.
We made tracks to our unit for the week, which is situated in the middle of the peninsula. It looks like it will serve us pretty well.
We had brought some basic supplies with us so decided to stay in and have eggs and toast for tea before making use of our comfy beds.
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