Day 78 Lakes Entrance

I woke to the sound of traffic at 4:30am and began driving at 5. We made our way along the M1 through Warragui, Morwell, Sale and Bairnsdale before arriving at Lakes Entrance at 9:30.
I haven’t been to Lakes Entrance for over 30 years but I’m surprised that there are caravan parks dotted all over town. Strangely, people seem to have turned their homes into small, intimate caravan parks for 10 – 15 van, and the local council have obviously allowed the practice to thrive. It’s very clearly a popular holiday location as some of the recognised franchises are charging as much as $85/night for a standard powered sight. We settled for a small park just off the beach with, much to Jacqui’s joy, our own private bathroom facilities.
After setting up, Jacqui had a nap while I took the boys for a walk around town and the waterfront. They’ve taken some trees out on the main street but instead of removing them completely, the let a local artist carve the tree stumps into images of WW1 diggers and the families that were left behind. We took a couple of pictures of these unusual carvings. We also saw a local sand castle artist shaping a pile of sand into an ocean theme, again on the main street.
We were all pretty trashed after the long day and night on Saturday so other than diving into town for food now and again, Sunday was a very quiet day for us all. Its cold and wet so moving further north tomorrow looks like an appealing option.
Cheers,
Jorg