Jase and Jess

Woke up to a clear and sunny day in Merimbula, a big and well received change from yesterday’s conditions.

This felt like the first day of our honeymoon! Slightly tired and a little bit grumpy from being kneed in the back all night by a 6”7 man used to a queen bed, I set about making coffee, so as to suppress my urge to rant and rave about said bad nights sleep….(this was to be a ongoing theme in the next 9 days)

The road though to Genoa was quite bland, but though to the Cann River was much more interesting, the road really opened out to Jases favorite type of road; fast, empty country roads, chock a block with 85-90km sweepers.

This is the kind of riding that Betty (read Jason) really loves…..

Then onto lakes entrance, and the view was stunning, from the lookout point over the cliff, we were able to see all the sand bars that made up little islands and the varying shades of blue and green in the water, it was really beautiful.

The View From Lakes Entrance

We were joined by several pelicans that soared right above our heads, unwieldy and uncoordinated buggers on land, but bizarrely graceful and elegant while flying.

The Pelicans at Lakes Entrance

We took a detour though to Cape Conran and Marlo, we had hoped to see the lighthouse that was advertised there, alas we were not able to find it, and we managed to find a beach that was pristine, with clean sand and being the middle of the week no people.

The Beach at Cape Conrad

Jason managed to take several shots of one of the native kookaburras sitting in a tree, a striking looking proud fellow, we were lucky to see him.

A friendly Kookaburra at Cape Conrad

We got to Bairnsdale just as the rain started, we roared off to Coles, and got dinner and back to the cabin before the worst hit, settled in for the night, ready for the next stretch.