Road Trip continues

We spent the night in a lovely little B & B and once again Bill left early to see the Sunrise. This time I didn't even walk. A chilly morning kept me tucked up in bed. I did cook his breakky when he came home though. Did I mention it was a self contained B & B. They provide - you cook.

In the morning we played tourist and set out to see the sights and found Mallacoota is a very pretty & quiet place though well spread out around the two lakes, the other being named 'Top Lake'. Someone obviously had an original moment there. With the Tasman Sea on the other side of the cliffs it is a very popular place for all sorts of water activities. It is also recognised as the home of the Victorian Abalone industry, though we did not see the famous return of the fleet, must have had Sunday off eh.

It was during our stop at Quarry Beach where we found not only the 'folded rocks' that the area features but a wallaby taking some time out playing in the Surf. At first we thought it was in trouble but after watching in awe for about 20 mins decided it was having fun in the Sun & the Surf. He kept coming out having a rest and then returning to play further. Who knew!!

From there we started back to Lakes Entrance stopping along the way at Gyspy Point, at the junction of the Genoa & Wallagaraugh Rivers. Beautiful. Genoa Falls, hard to find and very little water. Up the Monaro Hwy in search of Beehive Falls, even harder to find and no water. Cann River - Lunch, Bellbird - nothing but a hotel and a field of daffodils - pretty. Coming through Orbost we resisted the urge to go in search of another waterfall, next time.

Two sunrises where enough for Bill and he had a well earned sleep in on Monday morning. We came home via Metung, nestled between Lake King & Bancroft Bay, we followed the Tambo River to Swan Reach and then stopped at Paynesville for lunch. Paynesville is another waterfront town at the 'end of the Gippsland Lakes' set on the shores of Lake Victoria & Lake King. We took the short ferry ride across to Raymond Island where the Koalas live in the trees all around the island, seemingly in harmony with the people.

Leaving the highway again we followed the road to Lake Glenmaggie, the water was down, but still a huge body of water at the bottom of the mountain ranges. There you can start the climb to the Great Dividing Range and Victoria's snow country. We didn't, coming back to the highway via Cowarr Weir, a small but pretty reservoir in the area. A coffee stop at Dargo and then we were back on the road again for the slow journey home. Peak hour traffic!

We had a great 4 days and though our little state is only small, it is very big in beauty & character. We drove over 1200 kms and passed through many National Parks, State Forests & Coastal Parks and they were all so different. And still we have only covered such a small part of not only the state but a tinier corner of this big country.

So with the road trip complete it was back to work the next day, but only for 4 days as we are off to a much larger place on Saturday. We'll see you then Darwin.

until next time..................