Day 239 - Why is Lakes Entrance called Lakes Entrance?

Hi People, not long now till I'm home, but I'm still perservering with this blog. It will be nice in a way not having to write any more.

I woke up in the nice peace and quite of country Buchan. And spent a lazy morning, doing a few self chores before heading off. I drove down to Metung, on the coastline, but didn't spend too much time there, just enough time to get some food and bait. I found myself a space along side the Tambo River, and for the next 2 hours sat in a chair and didnt have to do much. No fish, but that was OK, I just sat in the sun and read a book.

Once finished there, I headed down to Lakes Entrance, the lovely Lakes Entrance. I headed down to the Fish Co-op, but found it to be closed. I only went there cause I went there in grade 6, oh the memories.

After that I went for a walk to the Entrance of the lakes system. It was a lovely walk, and when I got to the entrance I was pretty impressed. Although the entrance is only about 20 metres across, so much water comes in and out with the tides, and you could tell. The water was absolutely rushing.

Not much else to tell you for today. Looking forward to watching the cricket tonite. Go Aussies!!

Fish Co-op

Entrance to the Lakes

Day 238 - Wanna go do a cave???

Hi All, hope you are well, and I hope you won one at the races if you put a bet on. As for me, as I was camping, I woke up at 5:45, and didn't fall back to sleep. But I did have a great sleep.

After cleaning, having breakfast, and packing up by 7:30, there was no much to do, but go for another walk. I headed down the beach, to another camping location, called Mueller Inlet. There was no one there, but it was a lovely walk, going along the beach. I so wished I had my fishing rod in hand, and the water looked better than yesterday.

After that walk, I jumped in the car, and headed back to town. From there is was a lovely 2 hour drive to the small town of Buchan. And yes, it's small, only about 250 people. But it's famous for caves, and that's where I went. They have 2 caves available there, Royal and Fairy, and I went to both of them. Both were stunning, with so many glassy stalagtites and stalagmites, and some huge other things I didn't know the name off. At times it was really squishy to get through, I only managed to bang my head once.

To finish off the day, I found a small river to try my hand at fly fishing on, but once again no luck. I'm still determined to catch a trout with a fly rod before this holiday finishes (in 8 days time).

Catch ya

Mueller Inlet

Royal Cave

Fairy Cave

Day 237 - Croajingolong National Park

Hi Folks, today was a big day for 2 reasons. 1. my travel partner, Cade, left, leaving me alone again. And 2. I actually went camping again.

Today I went to Croajingolong National Park (now called CNP), a huge NP along the eastern coastal part of Australia. When I got to the campground, at Thurra River, there were only about 3 other tents, so I easily picked a spot that I felt was good value, near the beach and the toilet. It felt good to put up the tent, blow up the matress and get out the esky.

Once settled, I went down to the beach, and found it looking fantastic for fishing, so I rushed back and got my gear. On my first cast, I brought in a nice sized salmon, and on my second I caught a little one. (Cade, I just didn't need you around to spoil my catch). Not long after that, the wind started really blowing, and it made it almost impossible to fish.

So, I then headed on to a couple of walks. The first one took me to the biggest sand dunes in Australia, along a 2km walk. The first part of the walk was mapped, but once you hit the dunes, you looked after yourself. And in doing so, I got completed lost, well almost. I was looking for one dune in particular, that backed on to the river, and to get to it, I got so many scratches on my legs and arms, it pretty much dehydrated me. Once I found the river, I decided to follow it home, even though the old walking path along it was no longer there. In doing so, I ended up getting pretty wet, as I had to cross the river a number of times. Oh, and Steve, no snakes this time!!!

After having a beer to hydrate myself, I headed up to the Pt Hicks lighthouse. A lovely 5 km walk along the beach, getting there just as it was closing. Doh!

After that, I cooked dinner, and settled in for the night. Peaceful night.

First cast - a lovely Salmon

Biggest sand-dune in Australia

Pt Hicks Lighthouse