More From East Gippsland

There was plenty to keep us busy while we relaxed for six days in the Lakes Entrance area.  We had a couple of days of rain and overcast weather as well as several sunny days.  Lakes Entrance is very much a holiday, beach town and the nearby "big smoke" is Bairnsdale, about 35km away.





We drove to the Nyerimilang Homestead which is managed and maintained by local volunteers.  We walked along some of the walking paths through the bush and along the cliffs.  Then we had a picnic morning tea in the manicured gardens, serenaded by fairy wrens , wattle birds, crimson rosellas and magpies.








We continued our drive along the coast to the little village of Metung then turned north towards Swan Reach and Bruthen before turning east to Nowa Nowa where we had another short walk in the Lake Tyers State Park to look at the gorge.  Then it was on to Lake Tyers Beach for our picnic lunch before making our way back to Lakes Entrance.









At Nicholson, about 5 km east of Bairnsdale on the Nicholson River, we stopped off to visit the Native Plant Nursery and Gardens.  We had a pleasant walk through the established native gardens.




There's a good "foodies trail" in the area so we called in to a local orchard to buy some peaches, nectarines and plums direct from the farm.  We also visited the blueberry farm to buy some blueberries and bought a bottle of locally made blueberry liqueur, delicious when mixed with sparkling white wine!