Touring the Mornington Penninsula

Mom has officially been here for 24 hours and we have already done so much. Yesterday I gave her the basic tour of the shopping and then we ate at Automatic (I've eaten there 3x since I've been here!) and drank coffee while enjoying the heat from the fire towers along the Yarra River.
Today we went on a bus tour of Mornington Penninsula. We started with a basic tour of the suburbs including Albert Park, Botanical Gardens, St. Kilda, and Brighton. Next, we headed to Nedlands Lavender Farm where we walked through the rows of fresh lavender and learned about the process of extracting the pure oils. The smell was fabulous and the scenery beautiful.









The next stop was at T'Gallant Winery where we basically sipped about 6 wine varieties and focused on the "woody flavors" of which I couldn't even taste! Then we journeyed to the next vineyard, Tuck's, which was basically us chugging different wines.

















Lunch was served at Ashcombe Maze, the oldest and largest hedge maze in the Southern Hemisphere. We definitely got lost in the 25-acre property and enjoyed the 200 different types of roses in the circular rose garden.









We stopped by Aurthur's Seat for a nice view of the beaches and the homes below. Brush fires in neighboring mountains made the air cloudy so the pictures aren't that great. The tour ended in the town of Mornington where we walked down a dock and looked at the fabulous water with boats floating.