Portland is a lovely spot, with quite a few curious things to see and do in the area.. the one above is at the Maritime Museum where they have taken the skeleton of a beached whale and after all the necessary treatments (which included burying it for over a year) they have mounted it and as you can see you can sit in the middle!!
The local tram can take you to five of the local points of interest...we did not do this as the weather was awful. We did however, go to the local Vintage Car Museum and guess what we found.
Yep, the original tram..... apparantely the local clubs had had this beauty renovated and then the local wanted to have it, and run the tram along the foreshore...arguements ensued and they managed to keep the tram and the local group then went and had a replica made... obviously a very sore point in the local community.
We also drove out to the petrified forrest...this natural amazing thing has unfortunately began to erode.. the locals say that they think in will only survive for about another twenty years, and by the way it is not the result of a forrest!
These cave are right by the road side, all limestone, eroded by wind and rain..fascinating.
Portland is a lovely spot, with quite a few curious things to see and do in the area.. the one above is at the Maritime Museum where they have taken the skeleton of a beached whale and after all the necessary treatments (which included burying it for over a year) they have mounted it and as you can see you can sit in the middle!!
The local tram can take you to five of the local points of interest...we did not do this as the weather was awful. We did however, go to the local Vintage Car Museum and guess what we found.
Yep, the original tram..... apparantely the local clubs had had this beauty renovated and then the local wanted to have it, and run the tram along the foreshore...arguements ensued and they managed to keep the tram and the local group then went and had a replica made... obviously a very sore point in the local community.
We also drove out to the petrified forrest...this natural amazing thing has unfortunately began to erode.. the locals say that they think in will only survive for about another twenty years, and by the way it is not the result of a forrest!
These cave are right by the road side, all limestone, eroded by wind and rain..fascinating.
2 comments:
Amazing pics!
Planet Earth calling the inhabitants of the Turtle!!!
Merry Christmas to you both. Where did the big fat fella find you to come squeezing down your chimney?
Keep up the news. All looks good fun so far. What is your eta in Brisbane - we need to plan the new year.
Russ and Margy
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