Nov 2019, Lake Tyers Beach, Vic Sometimes you just want to kick yourself, don’t you? You hear somebody raving about something that is almost in your backyard and you’ve driven past countless times and never been there, never seen it. … Continue reading Lake Tyers Beach
Patterson Lakes, Melbourne, Vic Nov, 2019 While it is a known fact that the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, some of us just go for a walk. Continue reading Melbourne Cup Day
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
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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