Probably our longest driving day today – about six hours in total.

We started off by leaving the Eco Lodge and retracing our steps along the Great Ocean Road back to Anglesea again where we stopped for a quick coffee. After this we pushed on to Queenscliffe which appeared to be a lovely historic town – however we didn’t stop as we had to board a ferry which took us across Port Phillip Bay to another charming looking little town called Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.

Lunch stop was at the top of the tallest hill on the peninsula called Arthur’s Seat – named after the similar hill in Edinburgh. This has, in the past, been a fairly substantial tourist attraction with a cable car and other things to do at the peak – however due to a number of mishaps pretty much everything has been demolished or is closed (something we didn’t know about in advance!), so it’s all a bit tired and shabby. Nice views though!

Another hour and a half in the car and we arrived on Phillip Island. We’re staying on a resort of about 250 chalet-style bungalows – it’s not the normal sort of place we’d stay in but we’ve been really pleasantly surprised with the facilities – the chalet is really well appointed, there’s a great kiddies play area for Wills, a couple of swimming pools and we’ve just eaten a delicious pizza from the pizzeria. If we had any complaint it would be that it’s a bit soulless and that it’s a bit of a ghost town – but we are here mid-week and out of season!

Compared to the last long driving day we had with William, he’s been pretty good today – but we think he’s been teething again (still!) as he had a slight temperature and slept for an awful lot of the drive!