Across the border

A great Day-
Yes we stayed at Yellow Pinch Dam. It was a little off the road so it should have been very quiet. We shared the sight with 4 Motor homes and they were not quiet. They were all from Batemans Bay heading for Merimbula, enjoying happy hour for 4 or 5 hours. We also couldn’t find the dam- found Yellow Pinch creek, Yellow Pinch Road but no dam.
Today we travel the great distance of 30kms to Eden. What an enchanting spot. We went for a look at the Killer Whale Museum. Wandered in the main street and kept stopping to admire the beautiful blue of Twofold Bay.

Tom-The Killer Whales

It has been documented (in Eden), that the Killer whales would round up other types of whales for the fishermen, like sheepdogs. The fishermen gave them the tongues and lips of the whale as a reward. This has never been witnessed anywhere else in the world. There is also a story of Old Tom circling the area where one fishman drowned and the body not found. He stayed in the area for a week, the body was found the moment he left the area.

We then travelled to Ben Boyd NP. Ben Boyd tried to build his own town with the ambition of making it the capital of Australia. Of course he went broke for a number of reasons and the area is now a national park. It is not only for cultural reasons but for environmental reasons it was made a NP. We didn’t see much as it was dirt roads to the sites of interest and we had the van on the back. Of course we followed the road to the end and found the Navy wharf and a wonderful old house, a chipping mill with wharf and a big no entry sign, for the wood chipping mill.
By this stage it was 12.30 and we still wanted to see the Snowy River flow into the sea and we were still in NSW.
In Ness’ words the road looked ok but it rolled every which way. Up hills and down hills, the car had a real workout today. Lunch was at a rest stop over the border, a nice spot with clean toilets and lots of shade. We reached Orbost and followed the signs to Marlo. This area has some very green countryside with nice healthy milking cows in the fields and a litter of piglets on the side of the road. Mum was in her pen and they were unaware of the danger they were in with traffic passing by. We followed the road with river beside us most of the way, we went straight to the beach and stood watched the water mix with the ocean waves. We both have been to the beginning of this river and it was awe inspiring to see it follow into the ocean.

The Snowy River flowing into the sea

It was back to the highway, by this stage it was close to 4pm so it was decided we would stay in Lakes Entrance. That’s we are now. We are going to spend two nights here as we want to go to some caves and have a look around without caravan in tow.

Ness and Michelle
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