19/10/19 – Trevor’s 58th Birthday

We travelled 350km today, not dropping in to so many beaches as we went.

It still seemed that we spent the day admiring beautiful places.

I wrote a poem in the night for Trevor, so it had better go here for the record as well.

Tathra was stunning and Merimbula looked to be oyster heaven. Another lovely spot with clear, enticing water and views to die for. We took photos of the bird sculptures along the foreshore.

Morning tea, of raisin toast, was enjoyed at a cafe in Eden, at the wharf, where Trevor took the first of his Happy Birthday phone calls, despite the sketchy reception.

We tried to find the local community garden in town (there was a sign post) , but were unsuccessful. We thought a sign saying “Garden of Eden” might have been a great photo opportunity.

We enjoyed a quick cold sausage in bread for lunch at a roadside spot just on the border of NSW and Victoria, and soon after that we knew we were in Victoria because it started raining and just kept on going. AT 2pm it was 10 degrees compared to 21 degrees first thing this morning!

At Cabbage Tree Creek we turned off towards the coast, and followed the tourist drive to Cape Conran, and found Sailor’s Grave beach, which would have been an ideal place for camping, except that it is a “Day Use Only” area. This would be a fantastic place for a lunch stop if you timed it correctly.

We came to the estuary of the Snowy River at Marlo and followed along the side of the Snowy, to emerge at Orbost.

There were a lot of walks along this stretch of coast , but given the current situation with Trev’s foot, we took it easy. Maybe we will come back this way another time and see what we can find.

Eventually the rain persuaded us that it would not be a camping night for Trev’s birthday. We settled on Lakes Entrance for the night and went to check out the views before we tried to find a resting place.

We settled on the Bellevue Hotel and nabbed ourselves a room with a view over the harbour, and a King and Single bed.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner and a surprisingly good bottle of wine.