The last couple of days here have been relaxing. Yesterday we visited the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. It displayed some of the things found on shipwrecks inside Bass Strait.
Like this Peacock, bound for the Melbourne Exhibition in the late 1800's. Lots of silverware and parts of ships are also on display. Even in the midst of the rubble a one carat Brazilian Diamond ring was found.
Bass Strait was a notorious hotspot for shipwrecks which is now why they have so many lighthouses along the coastline.
But yesterday we toured through this little coastal village with it's cobblestone streets and little shops. Reminiscent of days gone by.
We stopped in and had a lovely Devonshire Tea which consists of a pot of tea and scones (biscuits) lavishly topped with jam and whipped cream. And as we ate, we sat overlooking the village and right out to the sea. Very nice.
One fellow told us that a couple of the shops there, were used in the movie Quigley, with Tom Selleck. So Chris and I are going to get that movie and have a look again to see if we can spot it.
You can see the pub on the left, and there's a ticket office between that and the sailmaker's shop. Well, I believe that these shops were used in the filming for Quigley. I did find it interesting that there were posters glued to the walls in the pub that were left over from the filming. These posters were depicting Californian information which I thought unusual. Now I know why. They must have used the posters for San Francisco gold rush days.
The days have been lovely, but there's a cold wet wind that cuts through you despite the sun on your back. It gives us an indication of what the winters are like here. Brrrrr
Well, I'm off to prepare for our mountain journey into the Grampians. The pictures look great and I'm excited to see it. We WERE planning on pitching a tent, but with the drop in temperatures here, we decided it's probably a bit too cold for comfort. So it may be a whirlwind day trip instead.
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