We are already becoming aware that we only have a few more days left to look around the Peninsula, so we wanted to make use of a rain-free day today. Even though the weather-app was telling us that it would feel like 4 degrees we went in search of a different walk and a taste of the local drop.
The first stop was another part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park- Greens Bush. Here we enjoyed a walk on the Baldrys Crossing Long Circuit Walk.
The dots with an “E” are emergency markers. They all have their own number on them and you can ring 000 and quote the number so thay can find you really easily.
The walk was a lovely one, through native eucalypt with lots of ferny gullies.
We briefly met up with the longer Two Bays Walk.
There were lots of wrens, which were hard to see in the thick bracken, but easy to hear. We also spotted a couple of tree-creepers. One of them we could see was a white-throated one, but he didn’t want to stay still for the camera. We were lucky to see a cute little Eastern Yellow Robin.
We went looking for some lunch, finding that many of the usual spots were closed. Eventually we found someone who would sell us a pie for lunch and we sat over a huge pot of tea and enjoyed the tiles decorating the wall.
Onwards to see if we could find a winery who would offer a taste of the local drop. Sure enough, Montalto were open and happy to do so. We had to pay for a tasting, and the price would have been taken off of the wine if we had purchased, but we didn’t like any of it enough to pay for a bottle. The wine here tends to be very light compared to our favourite shiraz and cab sav in SA.
Montalto also had a sculpture walk to have a look at, so we took off down the path and scratched our heads over some of them, but enjoyed some of them too.
The views back up the vineyard were pretty good, as was the kitchen garden (used in the restaurant)
and the local native flowers they had growing were great too.
We had a brief stop at Kings Falls on the way home to allow Trev to dash down to the falls and back while I snoozed in the car.
That’s enough for any day. It is a good night for eating in and watching some more Commonwealth Games excitement tonight.
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