After weaving our way down from Eden on the NSW far south coast we started off with sunny skies! It really was great to start out without our wet weather gear on and begin to dry out our previously damp jeans from the previous day!
Approx 17km down the coast we took the Imlay Rd turn off and headed towards Cann River, then onto Lakes Entrance and Moe. The fine weather wasn’t with us for very long before we hit more rain, after Bairnsdale. We had luckily donned our wet weather gear just in time to hit some torrential rain, which was in and off until we hit Moe, we’re it was torrential.
After a brief stop under shelter in Moe we then headed towards Mt Baw. The spectacular scenery was breath taking through windy rain forested rds. We should have filled up with petrol which left us needing to take a slight deviation to Neerim Junction in the nick of time before the friendly shop owner closed up for the night.
With a full take of fuel we then began the ascent of Mt Baw Baw with the weather beginning to close in on us again. With very wet and very windy roads that took us 150m above sea level and 55km from Neerim Junction we were forced to take it slowly.
We got to the top of Mt Baw Baw and Kelly’s Cafe Lodge & Cafe to be met by hospitable and youthfully enthusiastic ‘Dan’ who worked here all year through. Even though he’d closed off for the night he was obliging and made us
Calamari and chips… we were starved.
Bunking down in our hostel type accomodation was a vast improvement on Eden, as we had the entire hostel o ourselves!
After approx 600kms it was a case of a quick feed, then bed. Tomorrow will take us back down Mt Baw Baw and will end at Port Melbourne where we will get on the SOT to head off for our next little adventure… The Apple Isle!
Awesome day.
Eden lookout:
Imlay Rd:
Lakes Entrance:
Moe:
Raindrops on Geoff’s bag:
Nerrim Junction at dusk:
