22 July 2012 - Woke to a spectacular day in Lakes Entrance - cool, crisp and the sun was shining. The water was so still and smooth. Magical place.
Took off from Lakes Entrance heading north and since I'd had an upset stomach the day before and didn't eat dinner last night I decided to stop at Nowa Nowa and have a full breakfast - it was huge!!! It was also a huge mistake :( I put the picture below on Facebook a while ago and have spent most of today proving it is true. It was like a Benny Hill show - racing in to a town - circling the centre looking for "him" and "her" signs, then running around like a crazy woman - very carefully though - trying to find my way in....constantly :(
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So True
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At Orbost I took a detour to Marlo to see where the Snowy River meets the sea. Nice town - nice toilets - nice views. Some random guy at a look out point tried to pick me up but I had a heavy date with another toilet - thank God.
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| Mouth of the Snowy at Marlo |
Took off again with frequent pit stops, heading North towards Eden. Passed through various pretty, small towns, making use of all conveniences on the way.
It seems someone was having fun with the signposts.
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| See the little golliwog? |
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| Love the skiing Kangaroo |
From Eden it was on Merimbula - quite beautiful and lovely public toilets.
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| Merimbula |
From Merimbula to Narooma the countryside was beautiful.....one minute it was tall timber country and next it was farming....lots of cows....I guess it was dairy country because all the towns suddenly had the name of my favourite cheeses...Bega...Bodalla,,,,no Gorgonzola though.
I did see my first Echidna in the wild today - it was lying on its back in the middle of the road with his legs in the air so I'm not sure that counts :) Also saw a kookaburra...not sitting in the old gum tree but on a fence post very patiently.
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Kookaburra
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I was going to stop for the night at Narooma but it was still quite early so I pushed on and am now at Batemans Bay. I am going to spend 2 nights in a motel here to give my stomach time to settle and to enjoy this beautiful town. I went out to Woolies after dark to get some supplies and couldn't find the motel again. This disaster included turning the wrong way down a one way street....IN FRONT of the Police Station lol. Luckily they were not looking out the window at the time and the traffic was light being a Sunday night.
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| On the road to Marlo - some of you may need this, Funny thing is that pen was full of great big fat porkers lol |
My motel is nice and looks straight out over the river and bridge - will take some photos tomorrow after a nice sleep in. It's pouring down at the moment but am nice and snug.
Total Roadkill #45 Mileage today #487.5
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