We started at the local Saturday Farmers, Arts and Crafts Markets in the market square and then wandered around more of the historic buildings and homes - 70 of them in this little village apparently! (promise I won't put 70 up on the blog! lol ) All the homes are beautifully restored and really well looked after - there is a lot of pride in the village's history.
We ended up at the Harbour and took the breakwall road across to Griffiths Island which we enjoyed circumnavigating!
There were a cast of thousands in town today, having descended on this lovely little village for Easter. What a great place to be!
Fishing proved to be the sport of the day today! :)
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| The Confectionary Shop! :) |
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| The lovely little seaside village of Port Fairy |
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| A great crowd at the markets |
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| Ingenious wind chimes! lol |
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| Wonder if we are related?! |
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| St John's Church 1854 Architect: Nathaniel Billing |
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| Lovely stained glass entry doors into the church |
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| They still climb a ladder to the bell tower |
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| The Caledonian Hotel, licenced 1844 |
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| The Victoria, licensed 1886 |
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| Former School 1847, established by Dr Braim |
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| Methodist Church 1856 |
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| Mott's Cottage built by William Hooper, a stonemason |
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| The two cottages above, and the two below |
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| Historic homes in popular Wishart Street |
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| Other lovely historic homes................. |
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| Home of Captain John B Mills, Harbour Master 1853-1871 in Gipps Street opposite the Harbour The materials were shipped from Van Dieman's Land |
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| Interesting historical milestone decorating someones front yard! |
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| Former Court House 1859 - 60 Builder John Mason |
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| This was the size of some of the vessels which sailed to Australia in the 19th century. This small sailing ship has been lovingly restored by a local man. |
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| The breakwall / road/walking path to Griffith Island from the mainland - looking back to the entrance at The Passage |
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| Continuing along the breakwater / road / walkway to Griffiths Island looking towards the Moyne River mouth |
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| The mouth of the Moyne River and the Harbour safely on the banks a short distance up the river |
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| Exploring Griffiths Island |
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| ..........also known as Mutton Birds |
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| The Mutton Birds' burrows |
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| The entrance into the Harbour between the break walls from Port Fairy Bay |
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| The Lighthouse on the eastern tip of the Island |
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| The Griffith Island track on the Southern Ocean side - very picturesque............... |
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| The helicopter was searching for something or someone! |
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| Bit of beach walking in our circumnavigation of the Island |
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| We came across this mum and bub - too shy to come out of mum's pouch! Really enjoyed our walk around the Griffith Island Reserve! |
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| The local fishing club were running a Junior Fishing Clinic - very popular with the kids! Don't you love the fishing cap! :) |
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| Cast of thousands! :) |
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