First bike ride for the year

This is the first part of our bike ride.  We drove to Eagle point and parked the cars then rode along to the tip of the Mitchell River silt jetty and back.We then headed to Paynesville for lunch and then back to the silt jetty. The silt jetties are used extensively for fishing and there…

Spot the koala

My sister and her husband visited us for a few days on their return from a family reunion in Melbourne.  It was lovely to get to spend some time with them but unfortunately the weather wasn’t too good while they were here. One day we drove to Paynesville so we could catch the ferry to…

Tuesday Travels. . . .Raymond Island, East Gippsland

Although we have lived in East Gippsland for five years I had only been to Raymond Island on one previous occasion.  This time we visited Raymond Island with our younger daughter and her family.  How we happened to visit was a chance meeting with some bike riders when we had gone on a bike ride…

A nautical Notorious.

Yesterday we visited Paynesville, which is not far from Metung if you go by boat but it takes a bit longer if going by car. Our reason for visiting Paynesville was an article in the Bairnsdale Advertiser.  We decided to go for a look for ourselves.  Here are a few photos of the Notorious.  The…