Dusk on our first evening and we were greeted by the chorus of hundreds of Corellas flocking in the trees around us. This scene, which was loud- very loud would continue until about 9pm and start again at 6am the next day.
With the excitement of our life ahead we set off to explore Warrnambool. . Flagstaff Hill was a great way to start. We visited during the day, completing a fun treasure hunt around the villiage and imagining life back in the 1800's. Then at night we went on a lantern lit walk and a spectacular laser light show. The screen was a 9m wall of water. This was a real hit with everyone, and very well priced.
While in Koroit we visited Port Fairy and had a beautiful day at the beach. The kids all tried out their new snorkel sets and they even saw a sting ray swim past them.
Zach was super excited when we discovered a tiger snake on the road slithering slowly to the other side. It had been run over near it's head but still alive. Zach thought he would "just pick it up by the tail and take it off the road" Steve Irwin style.
I had been telling the kids about Tower Hill being an extinct volcano. Every time we drove past it Matt kept saying "but where is the volcano bit?" "Down there" we would ALL respond. He was expecting to see a crater with lava at the bottom, not a swamp and small hills. It is interesting how preconceived ideas about something can be so different to the real thing.
Driving down into Tower Hill we saw 7 emus, then a bit further down a mother and her chick, with eyes almost popping out of our heads we searched for koalas which are said to be "everywhere". It wasn't until the last couple of kilometres we saw 2 up in the trees which was still pretty exciting.
Pack up was 3 hours, it was pretty miserable, a bit drizzly, very windy, cold and the screeching Corellas thought they would give us a send off. Time to re-sort, maybe cull and find places for all the itty bitty stuff left at the end.
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