As you can see from the map (copied from Google Maps) Melbourne Sits at the Northern end of the bay.
The first place we stopped was Rosebud about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the city.Well inside the bay Rosebud was sheltered from a southerly wind on the day.
Along the beach is a fairly rare sight for Oz, brightly painted beach huts.
Deb and I had a bit of a poke around.Deb set off across this bridge at one end of the beach while I did my usual trick of playing with my camera.
This stern looking fellow is a “Pacific Gull”. 
They are a large species of gull around the size of a fully grown chicken.This guy is actually a juvenile pacific gull,
they don’t grow adult plumage until their second year.I’ve included a piccie of the “baby” with some more regular silver gulls to give you an idea of the relative size.
After snapping away happily I noticed that in the distant haze I could see the skyscrapers of the city poking up over the horizon.
After a bit Deb came back with an abalone shell she had found among the rocks.
On the way back to the car I snapped this Banksia flower 
Then we hopped back on the road for a short drive to overlook the open ocean of Bass Straight (near Portsea on the map).
Unlike the bay the wind was whipping into the shore and only a few hardy souls could be seen strolling on the beach.
One final sight before we turned for home was this wave cut arch which is known as “London Bridge”. 
There are at least a couple of other natural arches along the Victorian coast named after London Bridge.Aussies can be a boring lot when it comes to place names.
