Hosting My Philadelphia Cousins, Part 2

Wednesday :
We visited the historic Paper Mill tourist area in Fyansford, and then the adjacent scenic Barwon River Valley and Buckley Falls

L-R. In the foreground, the viaduct channel that powered the Paper Mill — Maureen in front of a Bluestone storage shed — A pair of Tawny Frogmouth Owls

L-R. The girls and Frankie — A signpost deplaying some local aboriginal township names — Frankie and the girls

The Weir on the Barwon River above Buckley Falls, which fed water into the old Paper Mill viaduct — Frankie and Maureen

Wednesday, Late Afternoon:
I took Terri home for a much need rest and Maureen and I continued on our way to Corio Quay and Rippleside Beach.

At Corio Quay, the ‘Spirit Of Tasmania’ , the Bass Strait ferry from Geelong to Tasmania

Rippleside Beach, which is at the end of Geelong’s unique “Bollard Trail Walk” around Corio Bay.
https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/bollards/article/item/8d250a1f01e3425.aspx

The promenade section of the trail that bridges a inlet … looking back to the waterfront area in front of the City of Geelong.

Below: a short video of our view across the Bay toward the City.


Wednesday, Laterer: At the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe before we went home to arouse cousin Terri

Me and my ‘cheesecake’ — The model train/railway in front of the kitchen area.

At the end of the Cafe’s carpark there is a lookout over the Moorabool Valley

Thursday:
In the morning the girls had to pack ready for the next “cousin interchange”, cousin Dennise from Torquay at 2.30pm, and then we went down to the charming Pakington St.

The girls did some shopping and we returned to the ‘Box Office Cafe’ for Lunch.

The gorgeous West Park — the girls in my courtyard waiting to be picked up — goodbye to my dear cousins Maureen and Terri, for now, until next Thursday(27th) a group of us (6 cousins) are flying over to Tasmania for a 5-day tour.








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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

27 thoughts on “Hosting My Philadelphia Cousins, Part 2”

    1. Thanks Sue me and Frankie had a wonderful time … I am super tired at the moment, but I’ve five days rest before we fly over to Tasmania … 🤗😍😊🐶

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  9. Beautiful! Such good memories made! 🙂 ❤️
    YAY for good host Ivor! 🙂
    YAY for good host-ees-cousins! 🙂
    I’m glad you all had such wonderful times together! ❤️❤️❤️
    (((HUGS))) to all!
    PATS to Sir Frankie for being a great and brave trooper during a busy week! 🙂 🐶

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    1. Thanks Carolyn… time has flown by too quickly… but we’ll catch up again in 6 days … Frankie was brilliant and kept us all entertained 🤗😍🐶🌏💕❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you Cindy … we’re having a busy and enjoyable time together … Thursday six of us cousins are flying over to Tasmania for 5 days … oh what a fabulous holiday they are having 🤗🌏😊😍💕🐶

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