Lake Eildon

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

Road Trip 2011/2012

Car packed and we're ready to go!


The Big Merino - Goulbourn


Roadside lunch - Raymond Terrace




Port Macquarie







Short down pour


Christmas bubbles


Christmas nap


Nibbles


Christmas Lunch




The Big Banana




Redcliffe - stopped for lunch


Yamba 





Breakfast by the beach


Emerald Beach


A bit blustery


Stuarts Point



We found a cicada in the tent shedding his old skin










Port Stephens

Lunch stop at Medowie Macadamias




View of Nelson's Bay at night


Birubi Beach - view of the Stockton Sand Dunes








Sunset at Sunset Beach - Soldiers Point








Koala in the tree above our tent at the Bay Holiday Park


Lake Wallaga - Bermagui





Camel Beach


Lunch at Tilba - Rose and Sparrow






The Blue Pool - too cold to go in


Oysters ($11/dozen)


Nighttime entertainment


Our final feast


The Map


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