Hi blog followers. Yesterday was another great day. Both weather wise and event wise. First up we headed to the Phillip Island GP Circuit for a tour of the circuit, timers box, pit lane, hot lap car and the "winners Podium". A great tour as you get to see things not normally available to the general public. Then it was up to Cowes (main town on Phillip Island) for fish and chips for lunch just sitting on the grass in the sun overlooking the bay. Perfect. Just before night fall we then headed to the Penguin Sanctuary for a VIP tour of the Little Penguin Parade. Again, another tour well worth the money as you get to spend time in the "sky tower" with the National Parks officers helping to count the penguins coming ashore and ... read more

Hi blog followers. Yesterday we headed off on the short trip from Sale to Forster via the coast road, calling in for a quick look at places like Port Albert, Port Welshpool and Toora on the way. As usual, we arrived early, set up camp and headed out to explore the local township and surrounding area. After a quick familiarisation of Forster, we headed for Agnes Falls and the Toora Wind Farm. Both were pretty spectacular in their own right and glad we made the effort. On the way back we stumbled across a great place to free camp at Franklin River Reserve. Very nice indeed and a must stop for the future. Today we decided to spend the full day exploring Wilsons Promontory including places like Yanakie and the camp ground, Tidal River and the ... read more

Well our exploring of the Bairnsdale area was well worth it yesterday. First up we headed for Buchan and the Buchan Caves and reserve. I must say they have done an excellent job setting the area up including an excellent camping area right beside the caves. Very nice indeed and cause for a possible re-visit and stay in the future. The caves themselves are excellent and one of the best we have seen around the world. Very much unspoiled and they go to a lot of trouble to keep them this way. See photos. On the return trip we stopped off at Bruthen and the "Bullant Brewery" for lunch and to sample a couple of their local ales. An excellent choice it was. Mmmmmm. After Bruthen we headed for the Nicholson River Winery to sample some ... read more

We are now in Lakes Entrance, but only staying a day or so as it appears to be too commercialised for our liking. Not that it isn't nice here, but we would rather the small towns that are more personal. The van parks here are very small and the sites are on top of each other and the noise from the road is a bit much. Not a good choice of parks for us, but we had to take what we could get as they seem to be very busy here. All 8 or 9 parks in town are almost full:( We won't be moving far however, just over to Bairnsdale (40km approx.) as we have been told of a very nice park there we can stay at. If it is OK, we will spend a ... read more

Hi blog followers. Today I have done two blogs as a catch up again. This one is from Eden on the south coast of NSW and our last stop before we cross over into Victoria. We have visited Eden once before when we had our bus/motorhome, but then the weather was terrible and we had nothing but heavy rain and therefore we had not seen Eden in the greatest light. I must say it was much better this time and very enjoyable. We did the usual thing and arrived in the van park early and set up camp (only takes us a few minutes now that we are seasoned caravaners) and then headed out to explore the town and surrounding area. The Killer Whale museum was excellent and it is unbelievable to read how the Killer ... read more