Today will be a beach day for both of us. At 9am, we left Glen Waverley with Uncle Martin towards Mornington Peninsula. Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Central Victoria, Australia. In short, it separate the waters of Port Philip from Bass Strait. In an easier way to understand, on it's right, it will be Melbourne. On it's left will be the famous Phillip Island.
At abt 10.15am, we reached Frankston. Frankston is the largest city in Mornington and it is a primary residential area. Most of the houses here can hit few millions as it is sort of a holiday houses for australian to get off from the metropolitan life. We stopped by to catch some fresh air. Below are what we saw. Big blue sea! Frankston is ideal for swimming, snorkelling, diving, sailboarding and yachting.
We continued our journey and reached the Mill's Beach.
This place is where we can see colourful beach houses. Those houses are made of wood and it is painted in varieties of colours and design.
Wealthier visitors to the peninsula usually own beach houses on large properties or with extensive views or beach access and as a result, there are very few established commercial hotels. These huts are sold at few 100k!
Next up, we reached another beach. It is having a unique name - Safety Beach. Have you wondered where this name came from? The answer is the water here is very shallow. Hence you can find alot of sea shells along the white sandy beach. Brilliant few from here again.
At about 1230pm, we reached Dramana Visitor Centre. We gather some information before we get the ball rolling. Mornington are also famous of its wine production. However, today we will only focus on beaches and towards our target of the day. Read further to know what is our target. :)
Finally, we reached the prime station of the day - Mornington Peninsula National Park - Point Napean. In history, Point Napean is one of the port that is vulnarable from attacks by other forces during the World War 2. This is due to its location as the southest point of australia. Hence, the commonwealth goverment built a fotress around point Napean and there are barracks and boms all over Point Napean. May it be underwater or on the ground, there are unexploded boms around!
However, now it is declared a national park of Australia but there are some restricted place. Why restricted? Because they are some unexploded boms unable to recovered by the present government.
Information for you guys who wanted to visit this national park, the price is $16.50 for a return transport along the whole Point Napean. For you who like to walk, you may walk your own too. It come at a cheaper price, but it is very very big. You might need to camp overnight in order to explore the whole Napean.
At 2pm we got onto the tram and we started our tour along Point Napean.There are few points where the tram stop, but we didnt got off until we reach the end of the Peninsula - Fort Napean. This is the most end of Point Napean. There is a lookout point where you can see the end of Fort Napean which separate the waters of Port Philip from Bass Strait. Brilliant!
We left Fort Napean at about 3pm and we continue our journey to explore other National Parks around Mornington. Next up, London Bridge.
This is a point where you can feel what a real big sea is. The waves and the wind is so strong.
At one point, I feel i was almost engulfed by the hungry sea as my back is facing the sea. This is a must visit place.
After spending about 30 min there, we left for our last destination of today - Cape Schanck.
The most recognisable symbol of Cape Schanck is the Cape Schanck Lighthouse. The lighthouse was built in 1859 and was the second lighthouse built in Victoria. We did not have the chance to visit the lighthouse, as it was closed. However, the view outside the lighthouse is enough to astonished us. Superb!
After that, we headed back to Glen Waverley to meet up with Aunt Yen for our dinner at Chisholm Institute for our dinner. Yet again it was a great day for both of us. We love Melbourne!
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