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March 4-12, 2020

We arrived in Port Melbourne off the Spirit of Tasmania on a dark and drizzly morning and after battling the gps trying to end us the wrong way finally made it ou the Eastern side and across to lakes Entrance. When we booked our return trip we didn’t take into account that this coming weekend was the Labour Day Holiday and so everywhere was booked out from Friday on. We managed to secure a site at the Lakes Entrance Recreation Reserve for two nights and left Friday morning after two days of almost continuous drizzly rain so Lakes Entrance was a non-tourist stopover! The picture here was taken from the caravan window in a rare sunny spell.

Looking for an uncrowded free camp we checked out the 7 small stopping places along the Snowy River South of Orbost and settled on the last one (Number 7) for a couple of nights. The weather was still very cloudy and the mossies were plentiful, so t a really pleasant stop either. The Snowy River here is close to entering the ocean at Marlo and joins up with the Brodribb River a little way from the camp along the path to a boat ramp.


From the Snowy River camp we moved a short distance along the Princes Highway through our first real glimpse of the devastation caused by the recent bushfires


Our next stop for the two nights of March 8 and 9 was the old Caravan Park at Cann River. This was discontinued as a formal Park by the Council and with the power turned off has been changed to a 48-hour free camp with toilets, cold showers and water to sites. Just a short walk across the bridge Cann River offers a hotel, a small store and four cafes but not much more. The Cann River is very low at present despite the recent rains.

By Keith

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