Proudfoots boathouse

Proudfoot's boathouse built over 100 years ago, Proudfoot's boathouse reflects the early days of fishing and boating on the Hopkins river

Due to the fact the river was not open to the sea & plenty of rainfall inland had created a small flood in lower levels of the boathouse

Classified by National Trust as an early Australian recreational facility

The lovely boathouse just oozes with old world charm

River cruise pontoon is almost under water

Coastal views around Warrnambool

This gentleman was painting in the sand dunes just near Granny's grave

Hopkins river where it meets the sea

Whale watching boardwalks

This is all that remains of an aquarium

Surfs up

Hopkins river bridge

Granny's grave alone in sand dunes

This monument was erected in 1904 in recognition of the first white woman to be buried in Warrnambool

It marks the final resting place of Mrs James Raddleston who died 1848, when the Warrnambool settlement was less than a year old

Fletcher Jones gardens & mill

Fletcher Jones gardens surround the former clothing factory of the same name, founded in Warrnambool in 1948

The colourful gardens, once the site of a quarry, also feature Sir Fletcher Jones hawker wagon, a waterfall & wishing well

 

 

Bric a Brac & antiques inside the mill (real Aladdins caves!!! of treasures)

 

 

Country drive to Hopkins falls

 

Hopkins falls are 13kms NE of Warrnambool

Hopkins falls are set against lush dairy country.  They make an ideal picnic, fishing & walking spot

For a few days in early summer each year, the baby eels migrate upstream over the falls

 

 

 

Wollaston bridge - Warrnambool

Pastoralist Walter Manifold operated a punt across the Merri River from 1880, purchasing
the Wollaston property in 1884

In 1890 Manifold built the Wollaston suspension bridge, replacing an earlier wooden bridge which had been washed away in a heavy flood.  Using cables from the Melbourne to Hawthorn tram service

 

The bridge which cost 5000 pounds, is classified by the National Trust