Day 136 - Port Campbell, 10th November 2025

Woke up to a cold and rainy morning in Port Campbell. We only have one full day here so we donned the raincoats and off we went - first stop The Grotto.






Next stop, London Bridge which until 1990 was connected to the mainland. Ob that day in 1990 there were two people out there when it broke away and they had to be rescued by helicopter.








We then set off on the Food Artisan trail. First stop here was Clarke’s Farm Shop, a duck farm with over 3000 ducks that supplies to restaurants all over Melbourne. We tried some of the late and duck salami but only bought the chilli oil. I couldn’t bring myself to buy duck. 
Next stop was Schulz Organic Creamery and Cafe where we may have stopped for coffee but it smelt like they had just put down manure so it was a quick stop.



We continued on to Timboon where we stopped and had our lunch.


After lunch we headed into the Timboon Railway Shed Distillery for some tastings.


They had a pretty impressive spirit wall.



Ian tried the whisky paddle and Rach and I went the gin, limoncello, strawberry and coffee liqueurs. 


Next stop was Apoatle Whey Cheese where for $3 you can taste 13 cheeses and two gelato flavours. Most of them were delicious and we came away with some Brie, chilli feta and garlic cheese.



We continued on to Gorge Chocolates for sone delicious sweet treats and the biggest coffee we have come across so far!



Oh and we got to feed the alpacas too. That was fun.




We rolled out of there and then stopped on the way back at the Port Campbell Lookout. It was a great view of the town from the top. We could even see our caravan.



We left Shaun to drive the car back and we walked down the steps and across the suspension bridge back to our vans.


We had a shower and a change of clothes before continuing our artisan trail at the Sow and Piglets Brewery.





Our last stop for the day was 12 Rocks Beach Bar. We had a short walk in the rain to get there, but then had a great view of the water while enjoying some great food, my laksa was deluxe!
Back to the caravan park and we took our drinks and headed upstairs to the fabulous camp kitchen area. They have tables and couches and a big flat screen tv. We had a round of cards and then watched The Sweetest Thing on the big screen. Fabulous way to end the day with lots of laughs.








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