geelong, queenscliff and williamstown

geelong, victoria's second largest city, is about 80km from melbourne and it took us about one and a half hours of driving to reach the shores of corio bay. we spent most of our time at geelong waterfront, especially at cunningham pier and the carousel, before making our way to the beach where we had our picnic. we had an enjoyable time feeding the sea gulls with bread crumbs.

30 minutes from geelong is the delightful seaside resort of queenscliff. we had seen sorrento on the other side of the peninsula during our previous visit, and so we made it a point to see queenscliff this time around. the car and passenger ferry takes 40 minutes to travel from queenscliff to sorrento. foot passengers pay aus$9 for a one-way trip. we had tea at the cafe with a view of the beautiful sea.

the first time i heard of williamstown was when bel's brother asked if we could do him a favour by collecting a plastic candle mould from someone in williamstown. then pei chern told us that williamstown was a quaint place located at the mouth of the yarra river.

on our way back from geelong we made a stop at williamstown, the first port of melbourne. we walked past the titanic restaurant to the seafront. we spent some time near the time ball tower.

for our dinner, we chose to have pizzas at the toto restaurant along lygon street, the italian heart of melbourne.