Since arriving to Portland (we arrived late on new years eve) we haven't seen so many people in Portland and so much traffic in Portland. It was even difficult to get a car park. There was a BUZZ around the town, shops were packed, the carnival was even open during the day and some shops even had big sales on. We noticed the Portland market was going to be on, on the Portland foreshore which we wanted to go to. Quite a few locals and people in our neighbourhood (also known as Portland tourist park, Hehe) were chatting about the market and the P&O cruise ship arriving tomorrow (which was yesterday), we even noticed signs around town advertising the arrival of the P&O cruise ship, I think its a big thing here in Portland, Victoria.
So these are some pics of the excitement around Portland...We all had a great day joining in on the excitement, eating our picnic lunch on the lawn while listening to live music, quite a bit of it being Christian music. We enjoyed being amongst the locals and the many people off the P&O cruise ship and walking through the market stalls, it was a lot of fun. I really LOVE smallish towns, I LOVE the community feel, I LOVE how many people help each other out!
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| P&O Cruise Ship... |
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| Portland comes to life... |
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| Girls in class...doing maths... |
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| Where did Elissa go?! |
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| Where did Serena go?! |
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| The Portland Market was GREAT... |
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| The Live Music was GREAT..... |
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| Check out the OLD Chap... |
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| Supporting a new Australian art business... |
Have a good one and Take Care,
Dimi :-)
