Rain on my peninsula

We've been a bit unlucky with the weather here on the peninsula; very windy, lots of rain squalls and pretty cool temperatures today. Rob and I were lucky to get in a walk this morning without getting wet - but we got very windblown.

Mt Martha beach is pretty spectacular ........ even in this wild weather.

 Mt Martha beach faces Port Phillip Bay - so these waves are an indicator of the strong winds today.

 Love those bathing boxes!

We revised our tourist plans for the day and instead of making our way to the Diggers Garden at Heronswood we started with a s-l-o-w (and warm and dry) morning coffee at the very hip Laneway Cafe at Dromana.

From there it was a short 20 minute drive through the scenic (and wet) roads of the Red Hill wine region to our chosen lunch spot: the Piazza Cafe at the beautiful Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove on Shoreham Road.

 The Montalto Vineyard set up is the complete experience - lunch ingredients from the garden outside, wines from the vineyard (of course) and beautiful olive oils onsite too. Rob and I enjoyed our glass of 2017 Pinot Noir from the estate with our delicious lunch.

 This is a beautiful vineyard for strolling around - well tended vines, a sculpture park and extensive gardens - but not for us today unfortunately - too wet, windy and cold............

After lunch we drove on down to the pretty village of Flinders, where Western Port Bay meets Bass Strait. There were good views across to Phillip Island from the 250 metre long pier on the beach at Flinders.

We strolled around the shops in the small township of Flinders until a rain squall drove us back to our warm, dry car. So we headed back to Mornington then Mount Martha for a few supplies before calling it a day and returning to our "beach box cottage" in Osborne Drive. It might sound like we covered a lot of territory today but nothing is more than about half an hour away on the peninsula.