For our first stop we drove to Kergunyah. Located near Wodonga we had plans to catch up with friends we met in Exmouth. Jody, Shania and Kayb!
Having started travelling Australia themselves a few months back, they had now taken up work in a caravan park for the next few months!
Catching up with these friendly faces for a few days was great fun! We drove down to the beautiful town of Bright for the day, and as usual I spent quite ALOT of time taking photos of all the colourful Autumn leaves. So pretty!!
I just love the different colours of Autumn
At night we sat by the campfire with a few drinks. Chatting about our many adventures to date, and just having a great laugh!
All to soon it was time to say our goodbyes. With plans to catch up again in the not to distant future back in Adelaide, we know it won't be long before we see this family again!
Heading south towards Lakes Entrance we drove through the Alpine town of Mt Hotham.
Not expecting to see any snow with it only just being the first week of May, we had just planned to check out the views from the mountain tops along the way.
Well we all got quite excited when we unexpectedly came across some snow (OK it was more like ice) but either way it was great fun to jump out the car and have a play!
We spent the next two nights camped down the bottom of a gully alongside a lovely (yet freezing) crystal clear stream. Here we caught up on some much needed clothes washing and YES we did manage to go for a swim! (It wasn't that bad... Once your body went completely numb, you couldn't tell what the temperature was!)
From here we headed to Lakes Entrance for a overnight stop. We checked out the lookouts and explored the beaches and town.
As usual, despite the cold weather, I spotted yet another snake! This one was on the path down to the beach. Lucky for Gary I pointed it out else he may have just stepped on what looked to be a baby brown...
Next stop was 90 mile beach. With some beautiful sunny days we made the most of it by relaxing on the beach in the sun. Digging giant holes and building sandcastles kept the girls occupied too!
We spent a night at the small fishing town of Port Albert, where we tried our luck with some fishing, but only managed to catch lots of small fish that were not worth keeping.
We headed down to Wilsons Prom to hike to the top of Mt Oberon. Gary and I having visited here some 14yrs ago, were quite keen to return to show the girls some of the sights.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) just as we finished our hike the skies finally opened up and for the next 30mins or so it bucketed down with rain!! Arghhh!!!
With extreme wind and rain forecast for the next few days we decided to head slightly inland in search of some shelter from the elements.
We managed to find a great free camp, Bass Valley Campground, near Korumburra. Nestled in with hills all around us, we were well protected from the wind and even luckier still we didn't get any rain!
With no interest in visiting Melbourne and with having done the Great Ocean Rd many times, we decide to continue heading back up/inland.
Next stop...
Bendigo!
Xx
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