Nat’s diary 2025

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Nice spot. Went there many a year ago. Weet Bix factory?


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Good stuff,
It’s refreshing to see clear and fresh air behind the you beaut !
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Errol62 wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 6:49 pm Nice spot. Went there many a year ago. Weet Bix factory?
Yeah - we are staying just around the corner from it , I said to Shahni when we saw the building "it might have been an asylum once upon a time" and I wasn't far wrong - it was a Sanitarium :ebiggrin:
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EK283 wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 8:48 pm Good stuff,
It’s refreshing to see clear and fresh air behind the you beaut !
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Blacky wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 9:02 pm - it was a Sanitarium :ebiggrin:

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And here’s a picture -
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More sightseeing today, walked through Warburton and along the river then off to a couple of lookouts and forest walks Image
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Then off to a gin distillery- didn’t know there was a dirt section on the way- this seems to happen to us every year
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Off to Philip Island today , found a couple of interesting things on the way
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Then booked into our digs for the night and sampled a refreshing beverage
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Off to a winery then the penguin parade with 4 million Chinese tourists and 3 million Indian tourists- they certainly know how to charge in this place - $14 for a snag in a bun !!
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Waiting for the sun to go down so we can look at smelly little penguins ….. then back to the pub ImageImage
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Off to Wonthaggi in the morning to catch up with Trev then to Stratford tomorrow afternoon catch up with Craig Allardyce Image

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Blacky wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 5:15 pm they certainly know how to charge in this place - $14 for a snag in a bun !!



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Mick wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 8:39 pm

i hope you didn't buy one my life would have to depend on it before i paid that for a hot dog :shock:
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Caught up with Trev yesterday for a cuppa and a chat plus a look through his shed
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Then went for a look at a tourist mine in Wonthaggi
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