The Leopold Sportsman’s Club

By Maddy

When you enter the club there’s a big car park. If the car parks are full there’s a straight road that leads you to a smaller car park.

As you enter the building there’s a black bar you order from. Then if you go left, there is a games room for the older people.

Where you have your meal, there are three medium tvs so you can watch the news while eating your dinner.

If you go to the back of the room where you eat your supper, there is a brown wooden path. If you follow that path it will take you to an amazing small room.

That small room is for people that bowl. So if you ask your grandparents if they want to play bowls, this is the place for them to go. You can also have a party in that room. There is a bar and black criss cross chains which they pull down if the bar is closed.

You will enjoy visiting the Sportsman’s Club at Leopold.

Eastern Beach

By Olivia Y

Eastern Beach is a great place for entertaining people of all ages. There is a big promenade and

there are lots of diving boards.

The water at Eastern Beach is four metres deep. As soon as you get there you can smell the salty

seaweed.

The glittering water is beautiful to have a splash in. It is great on a hot day. If you’re riding around the pier, you can even jump in with your clothes on.

Before you have a refreshing dip in the cool water at Eastern Beach, you could have a picnic on the

green grass.

On special occasions, Eastern Beach is very

crowded. It is a great place to visit in Geelong.

Barwon Heads Beach

By Lilli

Barwon Heads beach is a wonderful place to relax and listen to the waves. When you get there

you can smell the salty sea.

You also can take beach ball, tables and chairs. You can have lunch there and you can bring your whole family and have picnics. There are even playgrounds here for the little ones. And sometimes there is an ice cream truck.

When you’re there, the sun is always shining and the waves are rolling.

Gateway Sanctuary

By Elijah

Gateway Sanctuary is a beautiful place. It is located in

Leopold and is popular. It has very nice trees and sometimes you can see little creeks.

It can sometimes bring tourists ad people can see very

rare things like platypus there. It has bridges, tracks

and sometimes you can have a BBQ there. Even better, the Godfathers pizza restaurant is just over the road.

Also, for the kids, there are playgrounds at Gateway

Sanctuary.

Whether you want to relax, or walk around to enjoy the view, Gateway Sanctuary is a great place for all. There

are all kinds of birds that you can see, including ibis,

galahs and many more.

All people who go there are lucky because you can enter for free, and even if you did have to pay for it, it would

be worth it. Go there!

Adventure Park

By James

Adventure Park is a great place to go on a very hot day in

Geelong. It is also a great place to stay for a picnic.

It has great attractions like the go karts, aqua racer, Bonitos Bay and lots more.

They have a huge undercover area with table and chairs,

lockers for your needs and barbecues for convenience.

It is located near Ocean Grove and is easy to spot

because it has huge windmills and flags flying everywhere.

You can see a great view from on top of the aqua racer.

The cafe is a great place to go for a refreshing drink or

snack.

If you like it that much, you can buy a yearly pass for around $89.

Eastern Beach

By Trent

Eastern Beach is a relaxing and calm place with sand and the

fresh smell of sea water. You are able to sit down, play sports or

just have a nice picnic with your family and friends.

There is a public pool and park, all in the one area. You can stop

at the food bar and get a snack and walk around the pier while

you’re at it.

There are big hills and for the kids to play on and there’s an

excellent view for the parents to sit down and have a chat.

If you’re fairly hot, go down to the water and have a dip to cool

you down. If you’re still hot, go to the ice cream van and get some

ice cream of your choice.

On special days, go to the market and buy lots of stuff to fill up

your car.

Are you a person of extremes? Well, if so go to the sky wheel and

go over 100 feet off the ground. Feel like flying? Well you can go to

the trampoline and soar through the sky.

Are you in for some photography? Well you’ve come to the right

place, there are lots of superb bollards to take wonderful picture

of.

The best thing about all of this is you don’t have to pay a thing!

Port Phillip Bay

By Max

Port Phillip Bay is a great spot to go fishing. You can go in a boat, jet ski or a canoe. You can see

Port Phillip Bay from Barwon Heads.

Port Phillip Bay is very cold and salty. It surrounds Melbourne and Geelong. Cargo ships

use Port Phillip Bay to get to Melbourne.

Some of the oil rigs come through Port Phillip Bay. You can only catch salt water fish there. You can

find shells in the cold water.

You can fish from the shallow water or on the bank. When you are driving past, the bay looks very beautiful. It is a wonderful place to go

fishing.

The You Yangs

By Olivia S

The You Yangs is in Lara, about 45 minutes from

Leopold. It is a wonderful place to visit and a nice place for a family picnic. You can see the landmark from just

about anywhere in Geelong.

You can have barbeques, build stick houses, sit around

a nice mini fire and toast marshmallows. Some fun things to do at the You Yangs are climbing the rocks,

walking up the mountain and cycling on the track.

The bike track is a fantastic path. Once you get to the top of the You Yangs there is the most amazing view you will

ever see.

When you are with your family, the surroundings feel

magnificent. It feels as though you are in a real forest.

Going for walks is a fantastic idea as you may see some wildlife, and there are many different types of trees to

see (like gumtrees and eucalyptus trees).

The You Yangs are great!

Skilled Stadium

By Clancy

Skilled Stadium is the Geelong Cats home ground. The Cats are Geelong’s football team (AFL) and they won the premiership last year.

AFL (Australian Football League) games are played at Skilled Stadium. You can always smell the fresh green grass and the players sweat when you are sitting on the boundary.

The oval is surrounded by heaps of seats and stands. There is the Bob Davis stand, the Gary Ablett Stand and the Premiership Stand. Skilled Stadium holds a lot of people,

In most stands, there are blue and white seats. If you look at the seats from a distance, the white seats spell out “GO CATS”.

Just outside the doors of Skilled Stadium are the netball courts. Many Geelong teams play netball there during the day and night.

Skilled Stadium is a great place to watch to AFL. Go Cats!

Eastern Beach

By Sophie

Eastern Beach is a great place to go on a hot day. There is

a normal beach with a promenade. The area underneath the promenade is protected by shark-proof wire. There is

also a shallow pool with a statue in the middle of it.

There are two very big playgrounds that are lots of fun

to play in. Along the soft sand there are wooden bollards. At the end of the long sandy beach there is a

ferris wheel called the Giant Sky Wheel.

There is a cafe near the pool that sells hot and colds drinks, as well as lots of delicious food. Around the

promenade there are two diving boards. There are also

platforms you can swim to.

The water at Eastern Beach is a bit cold, so on a hot day it is nice and refreshing.

There is a big patch of soft green grass, which is great to

have a picnic on, or play football.