Today we left Philip Island and headed along the South Coast to a small town called Lakes Entrance. The rain made driving conditions difficult so we did not arrive until late afternoon. Unfortunately we did not have chance to explore much other than to sample some locally caught ‘blue grenadier’ fish which was pretty nice (high praise indeed considering I don’t even like fish). It was just what we needed after another long drive and yet another day of cheese and piccalilli sandwiches for lunch.
Lakes Entrance is quite small and at first glance seems to mainly consist of Motel’s, Hotel’s and caravan parks. The whole of the road on which we are staying is mainly comprised of accommodation with a few restaurants and the odd souvenir shop. The town is surrounded on two sides by ‘lakes’ although these are coastal lakes and lead to the sea. Our Motel is on the Esplanade and we feel almost like we are staying on the sea front as there are loads of jetty’s and fishing boats moored up but the actual sea front runs parallel with the esplanade, across the lake and behind another slim strip of land and beach. There is a long walk on this strip of land which we will tackle tomorrow.
There seems to be plenty of wildlife here too and we seem to be constantly seeing birds and creatures we haven’t seen before. In Lakes Entrance we have already seen three different ‘long beaked’ birds including pelican’s, just chilling out on the beach. Chris has been working on his skill of ‘creeping up on wildlife whilst taking photo’ and managed to get some pretty good shots. Unfortunately as soon as I try, there is a flurry of activity, beating wings and squawking and a resultant photo of an empty tree or beach. Perhaps I should leave Chris to be David Attenborough.
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