Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Point Nepean National Park in Portsea

We decided to take the one hour tour of this park on the very tip of the Mornington Peninsula. It was a lovely ride, but we were freezing! It's hard to believe it was low 80s and sunny just yesterday. We passed the Cheviot Beach where, on a December day in 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister, decided to go for a swim against the urging of the friends and body guards with him. He dove into the surf and shortly disappeared and was never seen again.
The driver took this picture. As you can see, we were the only ones on the train. We apologized for making him do the trip and he said they drive the train each hour even if it's empty. We tried to talk him into letting us sit in the tractor with him, but he said there was no room, but that he'd turn on his air conditioner so he'd be cold too.
 

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