We left Lake Conjola on Valentines Day and headed south past Bermagui to an old haunch of ours, Aragunnu. We came here some three years ago with Gav’s friend Tyson and had such a good time we wanted to make a visit back. We spent two nights at Araguunu, Mimosa Rocks.
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| The entry to the park |
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| Mimosa Rocks Beach, Aragunnu |
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| Gav and I at Mimosa Rocks |
We had a nice walk along the pebbly beach, a bottle of wine for Valentines Day, snorkelling and caught abalone and fresh rock lobster and had a feast and saw some seals swimming on one of the beaches. Gav also caught a shark ray with his hands when snorkelling... of course he did!
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| Gav's shark ray catch! |
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| Gav's rock lobster for lunch - YUM! |
From Aragunnu we drove down through Merimbula, which is a beaut spot and would be a great little inlet if you had a boat or a kayak. We are looking to invest in a two person kayak because we think it would be a great addition to our set up. Drove on to Eden and learnt about how the Killer Whales used to work with the people and herd in other whales to the bay for whaling. While in Eden we learnt of news that Ballarat was possibly undergoing a gold rush... tempted for a minute to pack up and find our fortune!
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| Shipwreck Beach, Mallacoota |
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| Gav fishing at Shipwreck |
We crossed the border into Victoria on the 16th February near Genoa. We took the turn off for Mallacoota which Joe told us was a great spot for fishing. Headed into town some 25km from the highway and after visiting National Parks found a campsite about 11km from Mallacoota at Shipwreck Campground. As we finished setting up a storm came through and we raced down to the beach to cool off. A whale had been washed up on the beach some months ago and whale bones where everywhere - fascinating and huge. The water was icy cold so we decided to do a spot of fishing off the beach. I caught a sand crab which was a bit of fun. We did some more fishing while in Mallacoota, but caught zilch. Apparently you really need a boat and fishing up in the top of the lake is the best place. We couldn’t reach it by foot, so decided to come back with a boat another time.
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| Gav caught a sand crab! |
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| Koala near Mallacoota on side of road |
Leaving Mallacoota we drove through Croajiling National Park which was very foresty, scenic and hillly area. Stopped at Lakes Entrance - beautiful place and enjoyed a lovely coffee while overlooking the water. Stopped just past here at Bilby Creek and camped for the night before making tracks to Melbourne. Originally we had thought to bypass Melbourne but Gav and I knew that it might be a long time until we saw some friends and family who lived there. While in Melbourne we stayed with Gav’s friend Bec from Echuca. We also caught up with Chris Brown and his girlfriend Caroline for dumplings! Saw my cousin David and his girlfriend Emily for a drink and to visit their new place near Chapel St, South Yarra. Took a day trip via the trams into see Melbourne, visited the Botanical Gardens, Fed Square, Flinders St and Ponyfish Bar near Southbank. That night we took a tram to St Kilda and caught up with Lucy - it was lovely to see her and had a wonderful dinner a yummy gelato!
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| Gav and his friend Bec, Melbourne |
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| Gav, myself and Lucy, St Kilda |
From Melbourne it was on to the Great Ocean Rd...
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