One minor bucket list item of mine was to stay at a lighthouse. I have visited lots of them in the past but never stayed at one and itched to rectify that. Apart from the fun of staying at a heritage lighthouse was the theory that sunrise and sunset, would be so much easier being ‘johnny on the spot’. We chose Cape Nelson Lighthouse for our accomodation down near Portland and booked our stay.

The accom was fabulous. Comfortable beds with quality linen, well appointed kitchen and bathroom and cosy lounge complete with a fire. It also had ducted heating and cooling but we went for the ambiance of the fire 😉

Travelling Down…..

Leaving Melbourne we started driving to Portland via Lismore Vic., and decided to pop in and say hello to Jimmy Buscombe who was commencing work painting the water tower in Lismore Vic., We then travelled on via Warrnambool to see Jimmy’s artwork on the bridge in Warrnambool

Portland

Arriving in Portland we picked up the keys to the cottage and headed the last 18kms to the lighthouse.

Sunset was a complete bust that night.. and sunrise was no better… so much for being ‘Johnny on the spot’ LOL

Leaving next morning our luck continued. We stopped off at a Lavender farm that was closed, but they did allow us to take a couple of pics. We then drove into Port Fairy.. past a strange fence of shoes…

Arriving in Port Fairy Google Maps drove us around in circles… we never did find the Port Fairy Lighthouse. Deciding to cut our losses we headed straight for Warnnambool and lunch. And found another Jimmy Buscombe work on the wall near the cafe

After lunch we continued our journey back to Melbourne… and as a nice surprise came across a field of sunflowers. Two firsts in a weekend.. lighthouse stay and sunflower field.

Sadly the no sunset/no sunrise is all too common with our trips away.