Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic The Railway Hotel is only a few blocks away from our camp, there’s a dog on the veranda and the timber cutting themed bistro is cool and welcoming. The ‘Seniors meals’ are huge and there’s no … Continue reading Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic Camped at the RV Stop Spot in the small Gippsland town of Heyfield we stroll to the town wetlands and take the shorter walk around the gum tree fringed lake. Cormorants are preening in the sun, … Continue reading Heyfield Wetland Walk
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic Just 22kms north of Rosedale, Heyfield in Victoria’s Gippsland region is larger than we had imagined. There’s a pub, two cafes, Chinese and Indian restaurants, a baker and a butcher who is a new bloke to … Continue reading Heyfield RV Stop Spot
Nov 2019, Metung, Vic The ‘Charles Edward 1864’ sculpture by Doug Hadaway is situated on the Lake King shore at Metung, Vic. 1200 hours went into creating this artwork. The original Charles Edward was an iron hulled paddle steamer and … Continue reading The Charles Edward sculpture
Nov 2019, Metung, Vic In a past life we spent every free moment sailing and boating on the Gippsland Lakes. Which meant dashing from work on a Friday afternoon and driving 300kms to Metung hell bent on making it to … Continue reading The Metung Pub
Nov 2019, Lakes Entrance, Vic Lakes Entrance was originally called Cunninghame, before a permanent entrance was cut in 1889 to open the expansive Gippsland Lakes and river system to the ocean. In those early days a tree high on the … Continue reading Lakes Entrance
Winter 2018, Warwick, Qld At Warwick the sky is blue and clear but there’s a wintry chill wind, even the statues are wearing woollen scarves. Parked outside someone’s house we dash into the van and do a quick change from T shirts and shorts into warm winter clothes and go off in search of a bakery pie. (Gosh it’s handy towing your wardrobe behind you). Instead of a forgettable bakery pie, we find a snippet of 1950’s Italian Australian history. The Belle Vue cafe, pressed metal ceilings, Laminex tables and matching vinyl chairs and a pretty damned good lasagne. Oooh, … Continue reading Lunchtime time travelling
Gayndah, Qld Found near the footpath in Gayndah, this memorial would bring back so many memories for the local community. After all a large piece of a town’s history is held in the pub. The good times, the bad, the memories and the memorabilia. The footy wins and lossses. The births, the deaths and the wakes. So much beer and so many raspberry lemonades for the kiddies. Continue reading When a pub burns down
25th Nov 2019, Gippsland Lakes, Vic The experts say that the intensity of bushfires these days causes the fire to create its own weather. In this image a fire burning in Bruthen 25kms away can be seen billowing in the sky above Metung. The same fire creates a hellish sunset at Lakes Entrance. Continue reading Bushfire skies at Lakes
Nov 2019, Lakes Entrance Caravanning has many similarities with yachting. Anyone who has ever sailed will know that, all plans are weather dependant. We recently went on a Caravan Club muster to Heyfield and Lakes Entrance in Victoria’s Gippsland region. … Continue reading Four seasons in one week
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