Warrnambool | Ramblings From A Mum

We had good weather and not so good

Had a rainy day in Warrnambool.

We were staying opposite this view

This was the view from our room.

we saw lots of

Opposite is where Mr. S played golf

we relaxed, we ate, we drank, we slept

when we returned home and were inside packing away our suitcases

we had this visitor. I rang Wildlife Australia, to see if someone could come out and get him to make him safe, but after sitting on the bonnet for 30 minutes, he got spooked and flew off.

A Golden Pheasant..a bird that one doesn’t see where we live.

They say they bring good luck. Considering I have never encountered such a bird, in the suburbs.. I now wait…

I hope you all had a lovely break.

4 days away from the computer – our little vacation.
How did we spend our 4 days away? Our destination unbeknown to me was Warrnambool.

http://www.visitmelbourne.com/Regions/Great-Ocean-Road/Destinations/Warrnambool
Just under a 4 hour drive from where we live. Mr. S bless his cotton socks had arranged this vacation. Instead of booking straight into the Motel, we drove towards the beach for me to smile very widely (after waking up from my sleep that is) and gasped at the sign – Horseriding – down the beach. Now Mr. S has only ridden once before and knows how much I love riding and hadn’t been for a while…so *hugs & kudos* to my man for arranging this added surprise for me.

The horses look a little stumpy..bad angle photo. Don't we look stunning in our helmets...

The horses look a little stumpy..bad angled photo. Don’t we look stunning in our helmets?? Mr. S does not like photos of himself – hence the forced smile! Oh and it was cold!

We visited a replication of an old town that existed in the 1800’s. This area was also where the ship the Loch Ard sadly ended it’s voyage from England in 1878 http://home.vicnet.net.au/~prace/beach/locha.htm