Mornington Peninsula

I realized I forgot to blog about our trip to Mornington Peninsula.

The day we went there was a Saturday… and it was probably the worst day to go. Our purpose to go there was to pick cherries, but we ended up picking our noses (you will soon find out at the end of the post).

First of all, there was traffic jam on the highway. Took us an extra hour to reach there. Then, when we reached the cherry farm, it was jam packed with tourists (like us). No where to park, and driving through the jam was another nightmare. So we ended up not getting down to pick cherries. If we were to join the crowd, I think there will be no more cherries to pick.

So we ended up in a strawberry farm nearby.

There too was jam packed with tourists (like us). To pick strawberries, it costs $8 for a punnet. If you don’t want to pick, 3 punnets of strawberries costs $8. So which one do you want? Doesn’t make sense right? You pay to pick 1 punnet of strawberries yourself or you pay others to pick 3 punnets for the same price?

Anyway, I’ve already picked tonnes of strawberries while I was in the UK… pick until got stung by a wasp, and ate and ate until didn’t want to eat strawberries for the next whole year (really! can eat until jelak one you know).

So in the end, just take photo with the strawberry bushes lah.

Smile!

Since we’re there also, might as well try their special dessert of the day.

After the strawberry farm, went to a nearby apple farm as well. Not allowed to pick apples ourselves, so just take photo. Apple also not ripe yet.

Then, finally, went to the beach to have a picnic. That one also another nightmare. There was a Croatian gathering of some sort at the beach. Finding carpark also nightmare. In the end, we parked next to a cemetry, plenty of car park!

After picnic, we made our way up the hill again to Arthurs Seat. Arthurs Seat is 305m above sea level. Up there, you can see part of Mornington Peninsula’s town.

And this tower:

Why is this place called Arthurs Seat you ask. Well… there’s this chair, Arthurs Seat, was positioned on December 1st, 1989, in an effort to maintain tradition. Its two predecessors, both lost in history also accommodated many an important backside.

So there…