Griffiths Island Port Fairy

... across the road in front of us. After Portland we arrived in Port Fairy for the night. It was still light so we took the walk around Griffiths Island to yet another lighthouse. We were joined on our walk by a swamp wallaby keeping a close eye on ...

... following day I visited the beach on Port Fairy Bay, which was beautiful, and in the evening I walked over to Griffiths Island (connected to Port Fairy by a causeway) to see the mutton birds. They look like dark coloured seagulls, and every day between ...

... 3 of them... it was excellent. We are now in Port Fairy, when we arrived we did the walk around the whole of Griffiths Island, which included seeing the Lighthouse and coming face to face with a roo on the beach! We are now back at the ...

... ; It's actually a converted cottage - we're staying in the Hayloft!  It's really lovely here.  We walked down to Griffiths Island which is just off the coast - it's about a 2km walk around the island with some gorgeous views of the ...

... of a 16th century Portuguese boat built by some local men from a boat that was supposedly sunk just off the coast.   Griffiths island just in the mouth of the river was easily accessible by a small causeway and we went for a walk around the ...

... 'Wow, look at that lovely parrot!’ then now its like ‘Shut up you noisy birds!’ Next day we visit the Griffiths Island that is connected to the mainland by a footbridge. We have a lovely walk around the island that is a home to various ...

... day in PF, plus the sun was shining – hurrah!! We decided to take a long walk after our big breakfast over to Griffiths Island which is the home to a colony of Shearwater birds which come from Alaska and nest in burrows beneath the sand – ...

... to 40000 in peak times.  There are beautiful views of the Southern Ocean as well as a sheltered bay.  We walked around Griffiths Island home of the Mutton Bird.  Turned out they were all out at sea fishing and we were to wait until 8pm to ...

... saw a few lighthouses, a few koalas in the trees but no carnivorous snails... (apparently they do exist, but only in Australia). Port Fairy is a very pretty small town, by the river and the sea, with a colony of mutton birds on the nearby Griffiths ...