We got a good start Sun morning from the Comfort Inn to the village for breakfast outside on a patio with view of an inlet, lots of boats and oodles of sunshine.
The drive down the coast towards ‘Lakes Entrance’ was lovely, varied and very impressive nature wise. At times our surroundings looked like the Allgaeu in Bavaria, only much bigger. Rolling green hills as far as the eye took you, fields, streams and a few trees here and there and the omnipresent smell of eucalyptus which was the only reminder that we are actually in Australia. Memory wise it took us right back to northern California…
We arrived at ‘Lakes Entrance’ around 6 pm and found a very comfy motel, called “The Hibiscus” – there were tons of blooming hibiscus hedges in all colours surrounding the motel, hence the very fitting name. We met Wilma, the owner, who was a wealth of knowledge and information as well as very generous re. washing machine and dryer and laundry detergent that she offered me for free. She also advised us where to go for dinner, the RSL around the corner. That’s the ‘Royal Southern Legion” which offered a great assortment of food and drinks.
Back at the motel we did a week’s worth of laundry (an old ‘Fisher and Paykel’ machine was in our apartment). We had a bedroom and a living room with kitchenette. All very practical. Wilma even included free wireless and gave us splendid advice where to stay in Melbourne where we would be headed the next day.
The drive down the coast towards ‘Lakes Entrance’ was lovely, varied and very impressive nature wise. At times our surroundings looked like the Allgaeu in Bavaria, only much bigger. Rolling green hills as far as the eye took you, fields, streams and a few trees here and there and the omnipresent smell of eucalyptus which was the only reminder that we are actually in Australia. Memory wise it took us right back to northern California…
Back at the motel we did a week’s worth of laundry (an old ‘Fisher and Paykel’ machine was in our apartment). We had a bedroom and a living room with kitchenette. All very practical. Wilma even included free wireless and gave us splendid advice where to stay in Melbourne where we would be headed the next day.
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