Well, the second day was more intense than the first one. We had never done a complete "around the bay" in the whole time we have lived in Melbourne. Port Philip Bay has a narrow entry to Bass Strait and it is about four hours drive round it from point to point. This time we drove to Queenscliffe on the western side and crossed on the vehicle ferry to Sorrento on the eastern side. The ferry crossing was the most expensive part of our day but since we had never done it there was a worthy experience factor to calculate in. It was a very relaxed and calm crossing. At about half way, the 'twin' ferry passed us on the port side. As you can see from the photos the ferry is very large and only very large or tall trucks are too big for it and have to go the "long way" round. Peter thought that the most beautiful spot was the foreshore at Sorrento (the bottom left and bottom centre in the picture). Hopefully we will be able to return to it one day in Summer.
We drove back around the east side of the bay (the Esplanade) and watched the sunset at Fishermans Beach at Mornington. After that, we joined the traffic on the Nepean Highway going north and made it home by 10 pm. That was some big day.
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