Janene, our hostess, put us up at short notice after Geelong was booked out.  She is ready for anything anytime and can achieve all things with nothing.  She also has three gorgeous daughters.

Kevin insisted on getting up at the crack of dawn on 2nd January so we could get down to the ferry and wait interminably :)

We had made a booking to stay in Tiers Cottages, Deloraine, a small town less than an hour from Devenport, where the ferry docked. 

It was just getting dark as we arrived but in the morning the majesty of the place became apparent.  We had found the place on the internet and we had no idea what it was like.

We hit the jackpot!  This place is just beautiful. 

It is perched on a lake which abounds with ducks and swans one of which was nesting on the other side of the lake.  

The room cost $130.00 for the night but that $45.00 each bought us a slice of Paradise

We could tether the horses under cover.

A Black Swan

I guess there will be cygnets in due course.

There was even a White-faced Heron.

There were supposed to be internet connections in the rooms but I did not read the book properly and did not know.