4 March 2012 - Cruising Lakes Entrance

After a night hibernating in a cabin, it was do or die time to unravel the soaking tent and all that was with it. We checked into a Camping Reserve beside North Arm in Lakes Entrance, and got a beautiful little site right on the waters edge with a little beach for the kids. It was heaven. And to top it off the sun even showed its face.

It seems we have some overly friendly black swans with a family of 7 coming up to our tent in search of food and seem just a little too cheeky for our liking. One hissed at Lachie, and another snapped as he ran past but the little lad was oblivious.

After setting everything out to dry we headed for a cruise of the Lakes on “the Doncaster”. With other 3 other visitors on board and 3 decks, it left lots of room for the kids to roam without annoying anyone but ourselves. The only cruise we could get was 3 hours from 1pm, so we knew with Lachie having no sleep it could be a shocker, but all in all they were relatively well behaved and we had no man overboard.

The cruise was fabulous. It was run as an eco-tour and while they hoped to find us dolphins and seals, we more heaps and heaps of birdlife and some stunning scenery in a very relaxed atmosphere. The number of piers, private and otherwise was amazing, and we spotted a beautiful hotel on the water at Metung which may require a visit tomorrow for a beer.

Nick picked up some bait and the evening was spent with Em and Nick trying their bit at fishing from the little beach only meters from our front door. Lachie was obsessed with the blue bait fish and was content to just carry these around.

Fingers crossed for a little more sun, it was badly needed and all is dry and ready to face the world again!