Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsular with Mum

Had the weekend down in Melbourne with mum. Plane ride all went smoothly- no fog to delay me, picked up the hire car and headed out to Berwick then we headed south. We stopped off at the Mclelland Gallery and Sculpture Park which had some great sculptures spread out in the bush garden- had been set up by Dame Elizabeth Murdoch.

From there we headed down to the Peninsular Hot Springs and enjoyed soaking in the various thermal pools before heading down to out cottage in Sorrento we had hired for the weekend. It was a lovely cottage, we lit the fire and enjoyed a cosy evening relaxing in our cottage.

I headed out for a walk the next morning along the bay beach side of Sorrento before heading back to our cottage for breakfast then we headed down to Pt Nepean National Park. It was the old Quarantine Station and Army Barracks. First off we caught the shuttle bus right down to the tip of the Mornington Peninsular, you can only get down there by walking or on the Park Bus. As you drive down the peninsular narrows and you can see the ocean beach on one side and the bay beach on the other side- great scenery.

Down the tip it Fort Pearce, this is where the army base was set up to guard Pt Phillip Bay, soldiers and guns are stationed here. You can wander through the old tunnels, see where the guns where and learn the history of the area- very fascinating. You can see across to Queenscliffe and Barwon Heads on the other side of the peninsular. We spent about an hour exploring the area before catching the shuttle bus to the next area where you wander around as well.

We headed back to the Quarantine Station and wandered through there and by that time we were starting to get hungry and ready for lunch. Drove back to Sorrento, were amazed by the hordes of people so got some takeaways for lunch and sat out in the sun, before buying stuff for dinner and headed back to our cottage around 3pm and then just relaxed. We had lovely weather.

Sunday morning I walked to Sorrento Back Beach and walked along the Mornington Coastal Path- lovely views. Had brekky back at the cottage, we packed up then I drove mum to the back beach and then bay beach and we walked along the beaches there before heading back to Berwick where I dropped mum off then headed out to the airport and back to Canberra!