As we were driving out of Lakes Entrance we realised there
was more to the area than our initial impressions the previous day. Lakes Entrance is at the east end of the Gippsland Lakes, which
is the largest navigable inland waterway in Australia. There is a narrow spit which runs along the
waterway, and on the sea side there is 90 Mile Beach, which has beautiful
golden sands, and where you can walk for miles and never see another person.
There are a great number of trawlers in the harbour and you
can buy fish directly from the boats when they came in from fishing trips.
The area is a photographer’s paradise, there are many
beautiful walks, you can swim in the surf or in the lakes, there is sailing and
canoeing activities and you can just laze around and do nothing. Unfortunately we were not there long enough
to sample any of the advertised attractions.
We had an uneventful trip along the dual lane highway into
Melbourne, and found the caravan park easily enough with the welcome help of
Rudolf’s Sat Nav. The caravan park is in
Braybrook, which is between Footscray and Sunshine, not the most affluent or
prestigious area of Melbourne. The
caravan park is relatively new though and beautifully landscaped and with
excellent facilities.
We elected to take a site which includes a private toilet
and shower, which of course is more expensive but very nice for a change.
There is an aspect of the Australian coast that I must
include in this blog, and that is there are no Tsunami warning signs along the
coast, so we have gone to bed each night in the secure knowledge that we will
not be carried out to sea by a gigantic wave.
This is quite different from the coasts along the North Island of New
Zealand. Mind you, in Australia there
are plenty of warning signs about rips and undercurrents, in case people intend
to get carried out to sea once they enter the water. Not us!
The man made entrance to the the Gippsland Lakes.
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