2/7/2019 Day 7 Lakes Entrance to Eden

Before leaving Lakes Entrance, Pete and I

did some sight seeing. Above is the panoramic 

view of the lakes and entrance channel seen 

from Kalimna Lookout.

Some of the many fishing vessels lining Marine

Parade.

One of the main attractions is the footbridge that 

 links the town to the surf and golden sands of 90 mile beach. In the distance you can see the 

Surf Lifesaving Club. The beach is beyond that.

The pub in Orbost.. a little country timber town.

We stopped for a coffee...

Most of our travel today was on the Princes 

Highway... sometimes through beautiful green 

farm land but mostly through state forests or 

National Parks.

Lunch stop in Genoa...listened to the bell birds..

....stretched our legs walking alongside the 

river then over the historic Genoa bridge.

Overnight we are staying in Eden, which is 

almost exactly half way between Melbourne 

and Sydney.
Our caravan park is on Lake 

Curalo and across the road is the beach.

There is a terrific board walk around the lake...

Forgot to say that our caravan park is called 

Reflections Holiday Park!

....from the lake walk to the beach ( stunning)  

..then back to our van for dinner (risotto in the 

 microwave).

These banksia trees are all along the beach front 

... hundreds of them. 

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...