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Day 5 – Monday – September 20, 2010

Weather:  Clear, Sunny & Cool

Destination:  Foster, Victoria, Australia

Odometer Reading:  96097

Total Distance Traveled:  754 kilometers (468 miles)

Price of Fuel:  Cobargo – $1.34.7 a liter, 57.41 liters, $77.33; Lakes Entrance – $1.16.9 a liter, 55.54 liters, $64.93

Route Taken:  Narooma to Tilba Tilba to Cobargo to Bega to Eden to Genoa to Cann River to Orbost to Lakes Entrance to Bairnsdale to Sale to Yarram to Foster

Highlights:  Sleeping last night was much more comfortable since we made up the bed in the back table area.  At least I didn’t feel like the ceiling was coming down on me all night.  I still woke up several times during the night just because my body clock is adjusting.  At one point when I woke up I peeked out the back window and saw a bandicoot crawling on the fence right behind the motorhome.  It was only about a foot away and it never noticed me as I sat in the dark watching.

Before we left Narooma we drove around the town and over to the breakwater to take a stroll to see if we could see any whales.  Narooma is a very quaint town with beautiful views.  From the breakwater we could look back and see our campground, but try as we might we did not see any whales out in the ocean.  We did see a couple of sea lions sunning themselves on the rocks and took quite a few pictures.  My camera started giving me problems so my shots of the sea lions didn’t take, but the Man got them on video.

We left Narooma around 10:00 and headed on down the road.  The road, which is full of curves and winding turns, took us around the Snowy Mountains area.  There were a lot of farming fields, with rolling hills, that seem to be greener than green.

Stops:  We made it to Lakes Entrance and decided to stop and have lunch.  The Man was craving seafood.  Too bad we didn’t call ahead and let them know we were coming since no restaurant seemed to be serving even though it was just after 1:00 p.m.  It looked like the Ferryman’s Café was open, and they had an interesting looking special on the board outside so we went in. 

The guy at the counter said he was working on the cakes and it would be awhile before they would be cooking again.  Say what?  We didn’t want to wait so we took a few pictures of the wood carvings in the park area along the water, did some more grocery shopping and then continued on down the road.

Where We Stayed:  The Man pushed himself hard today trying to make it to Philip Island before sunset to see the penguins.  I knew it wasn’t possible and he had to give it up in Foster.  We ended up at the Prom Central Caravan Park right before dark.  The space for the night was $28.00.  It had been raining there for most of the day and the park was all soggy and muddy so we stayed inside for the night.  Since its right in Foster, there really isn’t much to see other than the neighbors’ homes anyway.

Where We Ate:  We ate in the motorhome again.  We had some smoked salmon, fried squid, salad and crackers.