Mornington Peninsula

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While visiting Melbourne we took a little trip down to the Mornington Peninsula. It's on the east side of Port Phillip Bay and only a couple of hours out of the city -- we rented a car and stayed over night in the town of Rye.

We've been before and will go again. It's an area of vineyards and wineries specializing in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Two of our favorite grapes. The area gets some cool breezes off the Southern Ocean. They think of it as a "cool climate" wine region but then they've not been to the Niagara Region here in Ontario where we really do have a cool climate.

It looks like the swimming around Rye might be nice. When we were there at the end of March it was at the end of summer so the water was cooler.