Today we ventured down to Sorrento which is further down on the Mornington Peninsula and is probably the most popular seaside holiday destination with the choice of the often calm waters of the bay on one side and the rough and rugged ocean surf on the other, both in close proximity to each other. It also has sentimental value to me as I had been lucky enough to have spent several holidays there courtesy of my extended family. I have the fondest memories of this town and consider it a privilege to now share it with my own family. The bay beach is locally known as the Front Beach and the ocean beach is known as the Back Beach. |
So we spent the morning exploring and enjoying having much of the area to ourselves as the main tourist season is over as schools have now resumed. We stopped by in the Sorrento township for lunch before heading back to Dromana for a rest for the afternoon.
After our evening meal we decided to take an impromptu drive to Cape Schanck just before sunset. We were not disappointed! It was a most beautiful evening and the scenery was spectacular! We had fun exploring the board walks and making our way down the many stairs to the rocky beach below and had the entire area to ourselves, or so we thought.
Whilst watching out into the ocean, we all noticed what appeared to be seals frolicking and bobbing off shore, displaying a fin now and then. It was only as I watched and thought, they seemed to be behaving a little differently and although it was starting to get dark, I zoomed in with my camera and realised they were not seals after all, but men snorkelling. It was most peculiar considering the lateness of the day! We figured that they may have been hunting for abalone.
On the way back up the stairs, just as it was getting dark, we were surprised by a Wedding party coming down the stairs to the rocky beach below with their photographer! This was totally unexpected too, but very understandable as the scenery was pretty amazing and with an almost full moonlit night! Hopefully they got some great photos too!