From Bairnsdale there wasn’t much further to go to a small seaside resort called “Lakes Entrance.” In Australia place names are misleading and at times ridiculous… Lakes Entrance does actually fit though, as the inlet at this settlement is in fact where the entrance to the lakes from the Bass Strait (the bed of water Read more about Road Trip Part 8 – Lakes Entrance[…]
A longer pleasant drive brought me to the city of Bairnsdale. Undoubtedly the largest settlement on this route I was taking. A blurred sign of the “Welcome to Bairnsdale” sign on the way in. It took me a while to drive through the carriageway through the city, which had many residential suburbs. A war memorial Read more about Road Trip Part 7 – Fuel Stop At Bairnsdale[…]
At a lonely farming community called “Woodside”, we see the first sign dictating the “begin” of 90 Mile Beach. A famous long stretch of beach not to be missed on Victoria’s south coast. I found a lonely car park by Woodside beach. Name sharing itself with a discount store in my home town of Bangor Read more about Road Trip Part 6 – 90 Mile Beach Start[…]
I decided to stop at Yarram. There wasn’t anything special to see there, but it was a random spread out town in Gippsland, South Victoria. It was just a sunny winter morning and I only stopped to walk around and take a few photos. Here’s what I saw… Shops on the main street. They look Read more about Road Trip Part 5 – Yarram[…]
There was always the option to incorporate a trip to Wilson’s Prom into my road trip. Wilson’s Prom is Wilson’s Promontory National Park, which has a lot of animals and also the marker of the southernmost point of mainland Australia. Hardly anything exciting for me when I’d already past Wilson’s Prom Read more about Road Trip Part 4 – Tourist Information at Foster[…]
I left Frankston at dawn and headed east. I didn’t have any plans of where to stop and decided just to stop at anywhere that took my fancy. I had a quick stop at Mosquito Hill, near Nyora. This was just past the turn off for Philip Island, which was a backward Read more about Road Trip Part 3 – Italy v New Zealand at Leongatha[…]
I’d never heard of Frankston either and it’s just not touristy or anything. But I love places like that, totally out of the way, totally un-obvious and worth a look for an extra memory. It wasn’t really on the way out of Melbourne for me, but a wee bit south, on the east side of Read more about Road Trip Part 2 – Sunset in Frankston[…]
Well the road trip finally began, and I have to say I believe it began at Coles Beach in Devonport. That was where I stayed manys a night sleeping in my car while living in Tasmania. From here in June 2010, I left behind Tasmania on a four state road trip north to Queensland. 5 Read more about Australian Road Trip Part 1: Leaving Coles Beach, Devonport, Tasmania[…]