1/7/2019 Day 6 Rawson to Lakes Entrance

Our mornings in the van... we start off with a cup of tea in bed with our books...

.... then after a hot shower we have breakfast... Pete brought his small stove top coffee maker 

and grinder...

Our first stop... Thomson Dam...which provides 60% of Melbourne's water..

....drove through more beautiful forest, this 

section was where the Ash Wednesday fires 

went through.

...Thomson River downstream from the dam, 

on the road to Walhalla.

The old gold mining town of Walhalla...Pete and I stopped and had a good look around..

The Loy Yang power station on the outskirts of 

Traralgon, it generates approximately 30% of Victoria’s power requirements.

Traralgon Post Office and Courthouse...

...lunch stop...

I took this photo from the car.... lovely drive this afternoon, stunning countryside with the 

Great Dividing Range in the distance.

The beach near our caravan park at Lakes 

Entrance...

30/6/19 Day 5 On the road Melbourne to Rawson

Pete and I were a little sad to say goodbye to 

Melbourne and especially to Chris and Michelle.

We were however excited to take off in our van 

to Sydney via the coast road.

Travelling through Yarra Glen...grapevines

everywhere...

....love country roads...

Entering the foothills of the Yarra Ranges...Little Yarra Road... it so reminds us of Boronup

Forrest.

Timber mill in Powelltown, near where we

stopped for lunch.

.... more beautiful forrest...

We can’t believe how green the grass is!

The little town of Erica...

Here’s where we are staying tonight...Rawson

Caravan Park....we don’t think anyone else is

here. It’s bloody freezing but so worth getting out of the van to see the stars and the tall dark trees reaching towards the sky.

29/6/2019 Day 4 Melbourne

It’s a rainy day in Melbourne today...we are 

waiting outside our apartment for Chris and 

Michelle who are taking us out for breakfast.

After breakfast Pete and I visited the NGV and 

saw the Hans and Nora Heysen Exhibition. The painting above is one of my favourites by Hans.

Above are some of the stunning paintings by 

Nora Heysen, Hans’ daughter.

We wandered around the city as we had a 

couple of shops we wanted to visit....Melbourne on a winter’s day is actually quite beautiful.

Luckily we made it home before it poured in the 

late afternoon.... this photo was taken from our 

apartment window...the Eagles were playing at 

the MCG.

Chris and I after a really delicious meal that he

and Michelle cooked for us... 

28/6/2019 Day 3 Melbourne

Pete waiting for the toast to pop up...coffee shop downstairs for takeaway coffee for

breakfast.

Chris and Michelle drove us up to the 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens in the Dandenong 

Ranges....

...another beautiful day...

....stopped for a browse in the little shops in 

Sassafras

....fabulous little tea shop...

....next stop the Yarra Valley Dairy where we had some delicious wine, cheese and bread...

...our view from our table in the dairy

....final stop....Coldstream Brewery...

27/6/2019 Day 2 Melbourne

This is the apartment building where we are 

staying whilst in Melbourne. We are on the first 

floor overlooking Flinders Street.

Look at the sky... how lucky are we...since it was such a stunning day Pete and I decided to catch 

the ferry to Williamstown.

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition 

Center

The beautiful old buildings in Williamstown...

In the afternoon we walked to the Carlton 

Gardens...

....saw the Royal Exhibition Building...

...enjoyed our walk back to Flinders Street..

St Paul’s Cathedral where Pete and I attended 

the Choral Evensong this evening, perfect end 

to a fabulous day.

What a beautiful first night in Melbourne....

Lovely to see these two....champagne to celebrate Michelle finishing her law degree today. Brad kindly cooked us all a delicious dinner.