Queenscliff 1

We left home at 11 on Christmas Eve to drive one and a half hours to the comfy cottage we had rented where we have stayed before. We took a break for brunch along the way, maybe 25 minutes, so that makes the trip two hours but we didn't arrive until 1.30. Time is a curious thing.

We were half an hour early, but no problem to check in. The cottage is old and modest but so well equipped and spotlessly clean. It is such a comfortable place to stay, with milk in the 'fridge, a loaf of bread and plentiful tea and coffee, along with breakfast cereals. 

There is the owner's house at the front of the block, a small cottage at one side and where we stay in the two bedroom cottage at the very rear of the large block. The owners' have lived there for 30 plus years and know local history well. Our cottage was built in the very early 1900s, extended by the present owners who demolished a crayfish cleaning shed to make space. The street was once full of fishermen. It is a minute's walk to the railway (tourist now) station and about ten minutes to the wharves where the fishermen wold set sail to catch fish.

The two cottages were built as tourist accommodation for holiday makers who initially arrived by steamer ferry from Melbourne, and then later by train, I guess change trains at Geelong. 

Sister lives about ten minutes drive away and she had invited us for drinks and nibbles in the late afternoon. I called her and she said she will do a barbeque for dinner, and very nice it all was. We were back to the cottage quite early and just chilled.

Through the bathroom to the laundry and toilet. 

Really Sister, your attention seeking behaviour can go too far, but we were amused.

From the dining table looking at the kitchen.

Looking towards R's bedroom with a double bed. Mine had two singles. 

It was cool enough to turn on the heating air con but it shut down once we worked out how to light this gas fire.

I don't know if this will interest you but this an Australian designed outdoor clothes line. It was exported all over the world and it was very good at drying clothes, and there was so much space to hang your garments. Most were known as a Hills Hoist. 

After hanging the clothes you would wind the clothes higher to catch more wind. Some had a mains water connection, so water pressure would raise the shaft. The top would spin around, depending on the wind. 

If a storm was approaching, best to lower the line to its notched base.