We headed out of Gardenvale, down Martin St and then turned left onto the coastal path. Our route took us passed North Rd and down towards Brighton. On the way, we got some great views of the CBD, the Westgate Bridge and a sailing race.
After a quick photostop, we then continued on our way down towards the Brighton Yacht Club and Brighton swimming pool.
On Dendy Beach, just beyond the Yacht Club, there were quite a lot of kite surfers out enjoying the winter sunshine and fairly strong breeze. We spent quite a while watching them moving at a great pace across the water and doing lots of jumps etc. It is something we both fancy trying at some point but are waiting for the temperature to warm up a wee bit first!
We then carried onto Brighton Beach where you can get the most awesome views of the CBD again as well as the Brighton Beach Huts.
Today, there was lots of dead jellyfish on the beach as well.
We had made a picnic at home and so decided to have our lunch a bit further down the coast at Hampton. This was the view from our picnic table - it is hard life over here in Melbourne sometimes especially given that we are still in "winter" :-)...... We had a good look at some of the sea birds playing in the rockpools as well as sitting drying their wings off whilst we ate.
We carried on our bike ride through Sandringham, Black Rock and Beaumaris before turning round and heading back to Sandringham. By this point, my knees were a bit sore and the gears on my bike were not working that well and as we were also cycling into the wind we decided to jump on the train from there back to Gardenvale and home.
Overall a good weekend exploring two very different areas of Melbourne but both fantastic in their own way... It really did feel like we were on holiday this weekend! Sure we will be seeing lots more of both of them in the coming months as it gets warmer as we head into Spring.
Hi Gill, just discovered your blog (well, you wrote about it on facebook...). Btw, I had a great laugh with your story from Bendigo! I never had that problem, because I had someone (Michael, he grew up in it) to warn me about how different country Vic is! But in the end that is what I like most about Vic, the country side. Anyway, keep up the posting, I'll be reading it from time to time, I'm sure it will bring back lots of good memories! Annelies
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