Tooradin Village

Saturday night we picked up our two Grandchildren for a sleep over, so we decided to take a drive to Tooradin. Buy fish and chips for tea and sit and eat them by the water as it was such a warm night. After we had eaten we explore the town a little more thoroughly and took some photos. I was quite surprised how much Tooradin has to offer and how pretty the location is if you take the time to look around. Having walked along the inlet, I was pleased to find fantastic picnic and bbq facilities right on the waters edge, historic buildings and shaded play equipment for the kids.

Tooradin is a small township on Sawtell Inlet, it is a picturesque little town 64 km south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway. It is situated on the reclaimed swampland of Sawtell Creek Inlet at the northern tip of the Westernport Bay. So it provides a safe anchorage for local fishing boats.

Tooradin has long been a rest stop for travelers driving between Melbourne and Phillip Island and is a very busy place every weekend, especially the second Sunday in the month when they have the Tooradin market.

To market

Sunday markets are back now the better weather is here, we went off to one toady to sell some home grown tomatoes. Some twenty varieties we had on offer and there were those that still asked for something we did not have. Good sunny day which reminds people that it's time to get the garden back into order. And for those that have vegetable gardens it 's time to start thinking about buying tomatoes plants for the coming season. We did ok, we didn't sell them all but we came home with far less than what we went with.

Photo - tomato plants