Port Fairy - One of our favorite places so far!

Hurray! We have finally seen the sun!!!!

We took the opportunity to take of on a little road trip.
On our way to Port Fairy, we stopped at Aireys Inlet.

Just beautiful and sunny!

I love the blue water and everything about the beach, the sun, the ocean.

This was the first day I even thought about wearing sun glasses.

Split Point Lighthouse

Close up picture of Split Point Lighthouse at Aireys Inlet

One of the many, many picturesque sights along the great ocean road.

I was so surprised at how many sheep there were grazing along the roadside.

Thousands of them!

We stopped for a short hike in the Otway National Forrest

The rain forest reminded me so much of Washington but I no Evergreen Trees!

Gigantic Ferns of hundreds of varieties covered the forest!

This is one of my favorite flowers here - I believe it is called an Echium plant.

They grow to be very tall - up to about 15-20 feet in the first couple of years!

Tom walking the trail in the rainforest.

He doesn't like to have his picture taken but every once in a while I convince him to hold still

for a shot or two!

This picture is in the yard of our Bed and Breakfast we stayed at in Port Fairy.

Our little cottage was so comfy.

Doug and Ruth were wonderful hosts and cooks!

These homemade scones were unbelievable. Made every day by Doug.

They have apricots, sultanas(raisins) and dates in them.

They were to die for! I would go back to Port Fairy just for them!

They had such a nice little spot for their 5 cottages.

We had some great fish and chips at a little joint on the water at Port Fairy.

The fish was Whiting. Not anything I have ever had but it was delicious!

Ok, this was definitely Tom's favorite part of the trip.

He brought his 14 best friends and got to play golf for the first time since he got to Australia

3 months ago. I think he deserved a round of golf, don't you?

I was the photographer and scorekeeper and he just golfed and posed!

The course was amazing! Right next to the ocean, with scenic views at almost every hole.

So, excuse all the pictures but everything was just so picture perfect.

So, my question to Tom is, "Who needs to play Pebble Beach when you have been here?"

This place really was awesome.

It was very breezy, so we will not mention anything about the score!

The other great thing was that although it was a weekend, there were hardly any other players on the course. Port Fairy is just out of the way enough to make it not a popular spot -

good news for us!

Life is good!

Looks like a pro, doesn't he?

We finished the game and not one argument - life is good!

We then went to sit on the beach and got to watch some surfers!

I wish I was younger - I would love to learn to surf.

They say the water here is "crazy cold" this time of the year..

But, isn't it beautiful?

It really made me wish we could bring Mike here.

(Our son in law loves surfing)

I could have sat there all day long. I just loved being there in the sun.

Even these flowers looked prettier to me, just because we were at the beach in the sun.

This last month has been so cloudy and cold, we were just celebrating the beauty of everything we could see because it was sunny!

This surfer stood there for quite a while.

Deciding whether to go in or not? I don't know.

Don't know what this bird is, but I just had to take a picture of it.

Don't ask me why Tom took this picture -we were just being goofy!

These are just a couple of pictures (out of about 100) that I took at this beach of the lighthouse and the waves. So beautiful. I just couldn't get enough of it.

Wish I could take home the sight, the smell and the feel of the beach in the sun!

We just loved our trip to Port Fairy!