 Pictures
from Nelson to Port Fairy, Victoria Australia
with pics, Images and photos.
(Oct 21 - 24, 2006)
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Tim stops for a picture at the Victoria and South Australia state line on a cold
day.
Cindie pushing her bike out of our free camp in the pines near Nelson.
Clear cutting leaves large barren areas of lifeless land.
Riding along the sea
Cindie working on her daily journal blog in the recreation room of the Portland,
Victoria Caravan Park.
Cindie is excited at her chances of seeing Koalas on this stretch of road.
A giant wind farm generator dwarfs a wind driven well pump.
We often see unusual things on the side of the road. This grave marker
reads "George Watmore - Speared by Blacks 1842"
Sheep waiting to be sheared this spring.
Cindie holds Tim's bike while he takes pictures.
The harbor and fishing wharf in the old whaling city of Port Fairy.
The lighthouse on Griffith Island, near Port Fairy.
The coast is lined with basalt and sandy beaches.
An aboriginal fishing circle, when the tide comes in the fish swim in and when
the tide goes out the fish stay behind for some easy fishing.
  
Surfers at Port Fairy.
Down town Port Fairy.
This old building has been converted to an Inn.
 
Cormorants.
An Ibis fishing along the river edge near our caravan park.
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