Boats at Flinders
Cape Schank lighthouse in the mist
Thursday
Today was our day for serious antique shopping hoping to add to our English china coffee pot (me) and crystal decanter (Greg) collections. When you mention antiques to anybody on the peninsula the immediate response is a suggestion to visit the Tyabb Packing House Antique Centre, so off we went. On the way we passed The Bottom Drawer antique centre in Moorooduc and thought we’d have a quick look. Well, this place was an acre of antique businesses with some really interesting and good quality items. It was here that I found my beautiful hand-painted Royal Doulton “Glamis Thistle” released as part of the celebrations of the coronation of George VI in 1936.
After Moorooduc we headed off to Tyabb and found an even bigger collection of antiques there. At Tyabb Greg found a beautiful 1820s crystal decanter which is now part of his collection. We now have beautiful and permanent reminders of our lovely honeymoon and the generosity of our friends.
After so much “antiquing” we lunched at Tyabb and then went off for a leisurely drive to Flinders and on to Cape Schank. The cool change finally arrived in the afternoon and the combination of hot air and cool moist air created a sea mist. The temperature dropped only a little and the humidity went up even further.
On Thursday evening we went to the Rye Hotel for dinner.
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