It took a fair bit of driving to cross the border into Victoria and get to Lakes Entrance. We arrived about two and the kids made straight for the pool and jumping pillow. Lots of room to back the caravan in.

I did a little fishing in the afternoon and early next day and hooked a good one….. but I tried to rush it in instead of letting the surf help me…. I lost it… so sad.

After we parked I went around to the bikes to take them of the rack to see that it was almost completely twisted off. It is a bit wobbly. And now it has 3 bikes on it the pressure and constant swaying from one side to the other was too much. Monja rang round and found a mobile welder! Fantastic work by her. He fixed it by welding a couple of new brackets and it looks good now, but it still wobbles because of the way it fits into the tow-bar sleeve at the back of the van. We had a guy pull us over and tell us it was swaying badly and he gave me some rope to secure it on one side, so hopefully it will be alright now.

We drove to Buchan the next day to check some Buchan caves. These are actually part of the Snowy River National Park. We did a tour through a narrow and interesting cave as a part of a tour group of 20. It got a bit closed in at times but it was good.

We did a long drive and are now at Inverloch in South Gippsland where it is windy and cold. First time I ever remember wearing a jumper in summer, but I guess that’s just Victoria living up to it’s name.

Happy Louella’s birthday to all!