"No matter where you go, there you are."

SOUTH OF THE BORDER INTO MEXICO

LAKES ENTRANCE TO WONTHAGGI

Sunday 3^rd December:

We entered Mexican territory (Victoria) this morning on our way to Lakes Entrance. It’s a very popular place and it would be very crowded during the holidays. There are at least 30 caravan parks all squeezed onto small blocks of land, just like sardines, yuk! We booked into the Eastern Beach CP run by the council and much better, not so squeezy. Ferg and I took a very long walk in the afternoon into town along the lake then back along the beach. Poor old Twistie was exhausted, not to mention me.

Monday 4^th December:

The Lakes Entrance area is very beautiful, there are three main lakes all converging at the entrance. We took a drive over to Metung, a very pretty and exclusive lake side village. Back at the Entrance we called into the bowls club to put out names down for a game. While there we noticed a very small van park behind the club at the local showground. The van sites were situated on the lakes edge so we decide to make the move. Within an hour we were settled in and watching the swans and pelicans swim by. We spent the afternoon bowling and had a great time. Ferg won the prize for best team and we also both won the two raffles of $10 club vouchers. So we decided to eat out at the bistro in the evening and use up the vouchers. All in all a great day!

Tuesday 5^th December:

We went for an early morning walk along the lake and got some good photos of the pelicans. I walked into town to check out the local shops while Ferg watched the cricket. We decided to play bowls again this afternoon and had another good game. We got back to the van just in time to enjoy the sunset over the lake.

Wednesday 6^th December:

We are on the move again today, further south to Wilson’s Promotory. We checked out both Sandy Point and Waratah Bay but both van parks were a bit run down so we ended up in Foster, just north of the “Prom”. After taking a walk around the town we spent the afternoon chatting to our neighbours in the park.

Thursday 7^th December:

We were going to drive down to Wilson's Promotory National Park this morning but have decided against it. We will try to get back here over the next few weeks while we are staying in Wonthaggi. We arrived in Wonthaggi by noon and found Ferg's sisters house. It was a bit of a struggle getting the van into the back yard as it was a bit narrow but we finally did it. We had a lovely lamb roast dinner with Kim, Phil and Joan (John's Mum) in the evening.