Best Western Victoria Place

DECEMBER 2007 There is a place on earth rainier than England. And it's called Vancouver.

... This morning  (Thursday) went to Robin Island (where all the Black political prisoners were held during Apartheid) a very moving  place, u r shown around the prison by an ex-prisoner who explains > life there and u then do a coach ride ...

... to its superior understanding of sport (i.e. Aussie Rules Football is infinitely preferable to Rugby League), it is a pretty good place to be. But Victoria was not the only reason we had headed south. Thus far in all our travels Jessie and I had ...

... were (I was) obliged to splash out and stay somewhere a bit nicer. We had chosen to stay at the Victoria Hotel in the township of Port Fairy. The place wasn’t a hotel so much as we were given our own little self-contained flat, complete with ...

... on the bike! After a BBQ and talk over a cold one, Mike took me on a round-about trip to his place and quickly reminded me of why I miss Victoria so much - the roads here are like no where else in Canada. They literally have paved old oxen paths through ...

... were just not able to get anything right. The only highlight of the day was afternoon tea at the Victoria Falls Hotel, the stuffy place I mentioned yesterday.  It was a very civilised affair with cucumber sandwiches and scones with jam!  ...

... growing. Nowhere have I seen so many baby strollers and pregnant women. Scary really. The city itself really reminded me of Victoria, BC, that is, if Victoria had been founded by Vikings rather than the English. Otherwise basically the same. ...

... for a tour of the beaches around the Great Ocean Drive not to be confused with the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.  The beaches were beautiful and the best we had seen to date.  We could not get over how few people were on them.  Beaches we ...

... long after and made our way to the sleepy village of Port Campbell, where we will stay the next two nights. Our room at the Best Western is outstanding. The bed is soft (finally! The last two places we've stayed had wooden slabs that they called beds), ...

... it only cost about $40 in US dollars, which I thought was a steal.  We returned to our hotel in Apollo Bay, the Best Western (shockingly nice, by the way) and then walked to the only bar in town still open, called the Apollo Hotel.  ...

... 't fit the Corola hatchback we upgraded to a Holden Epica a very sharp looking sedan then drove a short way to the Best Western. We walked down to the water and followed it to the downtown. Unfortunately we missed their Multicultural Day by a ...

... a strange layout, in that you have the town, then a large park-type area, and then the coast. We stayed at the Best Western Tudor Motor Inn, which was quite pleasant. We had an apartment, with a lovely bright bedroom / bathroom upstairs, but the sitting ...

... sunrise, but the weather was rubbish and they had gone back to their hotel without taking a single photo! We stayed at the Best Western Great Ocean Road Motor Inn, which was nice enough, but not a patch on our Lorne accommodation, especially the kitchen, ...

... was drizzling since GeeLong and I had  hoped that it would change when we reached  Port Campbell. When we reached the Best Western Motel at Port Campbell, I sighed and remarked at  the receptionist - doesn't look like I'm getting my sunset ...

... . Five Best Road Signs: Welcome to South Australia, Welcome to Northern Territory, Welcome to Western Australia, Welcome to Victoria, Straight Road Next 146kms. Best Sunrise, Place and Time: Cape Leveque (Gemma only witness). Place you will Definitely go ...

... - all that's there is the platform for people to come and view from. Having received local inside knowledge (Terry at Lorne's Best Western motel) we headed towards Port Fairy and 'Tower Hill Game Reserve'. We hoped to spot Koalas, Kangaroos and Emus ...

... Sadly they just look like large cowpats but we had a look and a photo moment all the same! Accommodation was at the Best Western Cervantes which was really nice, apart from there only being one room (fortunately two beds though!) and I was treated ...

... - on top of that some of Banbridge Clann fellas had settled there! Booked into a nice wee spot for 3 nights (Best Western – Atlantis - http://www.atlantishotel.com.au/ which overlooked the River/Docklands/Etihad Stadium) arriving ...

... the Rocks) with a TV helicopter news crew coming to interview them. Wonder how he ever explained that one? Driving back through western Victoria through the dairy farmlands the driver did get one song spot on as I was almost asleep in my seat. ...

... everyone Hope you are all well? Another update for you from my time in the Grampians, which are a 90km stretch of mountains in western Victoria. With some flukey timing on my part I managed to get on a VLine bus on Friday to Halls Gap, the main ...

... up Mount Rouse which was cloud free and had some good views. I arrived in Port Fairy just after 1p.m. and booked into the Best Western motel, which was very nice and comfortable. Port Fairy is a small seaside town with a very nice harbour and nice ...