Day 14 - Friday 18 February - Gippsland - Kazza's Australian Holidays

So I had a wonderful nights' sleep! From a bit after to 21:00 to 07:30 or so.

Had a leisurely breakfast in the room before heading out.

We headed south first up, down to Marlo, to see where the Snowy River flows into the ocean. So that was pretty cool.

The Snowy River at Marlo

Where the Snowy River meets the Tasman Sea/Bass Strait, from Lovelock Lookout

Snowy River estuary

Where the Snowy River meets the Tasman Sea/Bass Strait, from Lovelock Lookout

The Snowy River east of Marlo

Then east out to Cape Conran. Had a bit of a wander around there. East Cape was nice and sheltered, while at Salmon Rocks we could have been blown away. And even though we were pretty much in the middle of nowhere, there were *people* everywhere!!! #grunt.

Bushfire damaged trees at Cape Conran

Stu at Cape Conran

Beach at Cape Conran

Sand Spider on the beach at Cape Conran

Sand louse?? on the beach at Cape Conran

Coast at Salmon Rocks boat ramp

Beach at Salmon Rocks boat ramp

Dragon at Salmon Rocks

Salmon Rocks

Coast at Salmon Rocks

Salmon Beach

Salmon Rocks

Stu at Salmon Rocks

Salmon Rocks

Bushfire damaged trees at Salmon Rocks

Then we turned north to meet up with the Princes Highway and down to Bemm River. There's not a whole lot there, but we did have a picnic lunch there in a slightly sheltered park.

Forest along Sydneham Inlet Road on the way to Bemm River

Jetty at Bemm River

Estuary at Bemm River

Historic jetty at Bemm River

Park at Bemm River where we had lunch

On the way back through Orbost we went up into the hills and then down onto the flood plain to look at the old wooden railway bridge across the flood plain.

Snowy River flood plain from Grandview Lookout south of Orbost

Old Snowy River Rail Bridge

Old Snowy River Rail Bridge and the Princes Highway

Old Snowy River Rail Bridge

Then most of the way back to Lakes Entrance to go find the Wairewa Railway Bridge. Sadly half of this bridge was lost to the bushfires two years ago (Apple maps and Google maps both show the whole bridge). But half of it is still there so that's something.

Wairewa Road Railway Bridge

Sadly half of the Wairewa Road Railway Bridge was lost in the bushfires two years ago

Northern abutment of the Wairewa Road Railway Bridge

And finally back to the motel. We booked our next accommodation (just a motel - if we'd wanted anything nicer we would have had to have booked forever ago).

Then headed into town for dinner. We were going to go to the Sailors Grave brewery but it didn't look very inviting. I went in the open door only to find that what looked to have been the bar/lounge was a construction site. Presumably they're doing renovations.

Sailor's Grave Brewery

Interior of Sailor's Grave Brewery in Orbost - closed for renovations

So we wandered the main street. The only two restaurants open in town were a Thai place and a Chinese place, both BYO. So we went and grabbed some beer from the Foodworks, and ended up at the Chinese place - Leon Palace. I called it an authentic Australian restaurant, with all of your Australian Chinese dishes, and not a chopstick in sight.

Stu and our dinner at Leon Palace Chinese Restaurant in Orbost

Then back to the motel for gps/photos/blogging.

Day 14 - Friday 18 February - Gippsland

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