We headed up to Lake Eildon for the Australia Day long weekend and stayed in the National Park at Devil's Cove.
There was a big party at the campsite on the first night which was a bit obnoxious, but we were pretty tired and thankfully we weren't in the same section, otherwise it was a really nice spot.
I'm not sure what I think about the lake - it was beautiful, but it looked pretty gross for swimming - it would be better if you had a boat.
We walked through the Candlebark Nature Walk - there were so many butterflies and it was really pretty.
I tried for ages to get pictures of the butterflies but they just blend into background - you'd walk over a bridge or by a fallen log and 20 or 30 butterflies would burst out from below.
Then we hauled ourselves up the Merlo's Lookout Track - it was a short walk, but all up hill. We were pretty pleased with ourselves when we make it to the summit.
Candlebark Nature Walk
LOOK AT ALL THE NATURE
View of the lake from a roadside lookout between the National Park and Eildon town
Our campsite
Merlo's Lookout track
Are you sure we're going the right way??
Nearly there
YAY we made it!!
This little fella just wandered out on the road in front of us
View from roadside lookout on the road between Eildon and Jamieson.
The lookout was stunning but the road was so windy and some of the on-coming driving was a bit erratic! Wouldn't recommend for the faint of heart
Lunch in Jamieson