WITL 7 : Portland

We planned to have a day out with David and Karyn, which isn't easy because David was the ranger "on call" over the Easter long weekend. We thought it was best to go to Portland, so it shouldn't be too far for him to go if he did get on call. The city of Portland is the oldest European settlement in Victoria. Located around one hour from Casterton. Nowadays, Portland is the home of a varied professional fishing fleet.

As usual, it took us sometime to decide what we were going to have for lunch. While we were looking around the city when we found these old cars. Karyn was very interested on them.

Finally, we decide to have Indian food for lunch. It was nice but as usual, I couldn't finish it.

On the way back to Casterton, we stopped by at Darryl's Glass Studio and Gallery. Darryl's is a very talented glass artist. He works with  pieces of glass and using  modern techniques and equipment, he creates spectacular jewellery, kitchen-ware and stained glass. Here, David bought a beautiful pendant for me.

The tour was not yet finished. Darryl invited us into the church that he bought and turned into a very beautiful home. He designed and made all the lead lights, 22 in all which truly showcase his incredible talent.   

To know more about Darryl's stained glass, patterns and his "church" which, by the way is up for sale, please visit his website
http://darrylsstainedglasspatterns.com/
http://www.darrylsstainedglasspatterns.com/churchhouse/