I walked inside the aptly named Philip Island Bakery, to find some sweet treats. What caught my eye were the rows of meat pies and sausage rolls. The woman behind the counter said she was just about to close, but I tried to finagle my way when I pleaded that I came all the way from America. With that, she smiled and I walked into an aroma of bread and fudge! She...
Situated on the northern coast of Philip Island, just about 85 miles from Melbourne, the town of Cowes looks like something out of 1960’s New England, only without the lighthouse or nasal accent. It was about as retro-cliché as a little town could be. To be more precise, Cowes looked eerily like the town of Montauk in eastern Long Island. Montauk is the last town...