Easter Monday.  The forcast is for rain today, so it was pack up time last night.  Much better to put the annex away when it is dry!  So there was no hurry to leave the park this morning, as we were just moving down the coast a bit to Rosebud.  We will only be about 20 minutes from Sorrento and we hoped we would be able to stay hooked up, ready for an early start in the morning.  That did become the case.We had a catchup time with both boys last night, one via Facetime and the other by talking to all family members on the phone.  The girls had been in touch earlier in the day.  It was very different not being home with the family over the Easter break.  Normally we have a 'Family Catchup' somewhere over Easter.   And of course 'An Easter Egg Hunt'.  Annoyed today that I didn't think to take a photo of the cards Soph and Ella had made for us for Easter and proudly held them up to the iPad.  Next time we are Facetiming we will have to have a re-run!There are plenty of camping sites on the 720 square kilometres of the Mornington Peninsula.   The Shire has 190 kilometres of coastal boundaries, which is approximately 10% of Victoria's coastline.   Mornington Peninsula Shire manage over 1,200 camping sites and the Information and Booking Office is opposite the Rosebud shopping centre.  The foreshore camping reserves are all along the coastline, from Rosebud through to Sorrento.  Booking from December through to April is normally through an online application and your application may be placed in a ballot for a site.  As it was near the end of the high season, we did not have to do that.  There is an off peak season from October to December, we think.  At Rosebud there is 4 kilometres of foreshore and traditionally it has been home to the traditional water activities of sailing, fishing and kayaking.  Now though, the new adventure activities, such as 'Kite Surfing' are prevalent in the bay.  And did we see them in action this afternoon!!  The weather was perfect for them.  It was blowing an absolute gale and they were loving it!  Lessons were still happening down there when I went down to take a photo about 5. 30pm.  They were jumping 10's of feet into the air! Not those learning of course and it was a great piece of ocean to learn in.  It was only waist deep!   We ended up with reasonable sites, but only after a walk around to find somewhere that we could get into with a lot more ease, than the ones allocated to start with.  Maybe when the weather was more appealing, the area would be as well!  The cost was $31.00 a night for a powered site.  Not enough taps for water, so you needed to bring your own fitting if you wished to hook onto water. It was definitely a 'Greenie Spot' and this is from the Shire website: 

"Dead wood, whether lying on the ground or still standing, provides precious habitat. Logs on the ground are used for shelter from predators, breeding and feeding by insects, birds, mammals and reptiles. It is illegal to remove dead trees, logs and branches from bushland
reserves without written permission from the Shire".

The most prevalent tree on the reserve land is the 'coastal tea tree'and there is plenty of them.The weather was pretty awful,so we did very little this afternoon.  Peter found somewhere in the shopping centre to have a massage and I had a pampering pedicure and my toenails painted another colour.  I am enjoying these foot spa places.   They are in all the shopping centres.  Not only will there be a a page or two of 'Big Aussie Icons' in my Travelling Oz Storybook, there will be a page of different coloured toe nails.  This colour is very different for Pam! 

Hopefully our trip on the ferry tomorrow won't be too wet!  6 photos