It's more than time I updated this blog, especially for those who may have seen today's news of flash flooding. Fortunately we decided to leave the coast for a while and go up into the ski resorts of Victoria. Had we not done that we could have been copping the worst of the latest flash floods. In fact we got rain, heavy at times, but nothing to compare with places like Orbost which ended under water.
Since we left Wilson's Promontory we have been at the Gippsland Lakes, an interesting and very scenic part of Victoria. The lakes are very close to the coast, with a narrow strip of beach between them and the sea. The beach is actually ninety miles long and is superb but swimming is a little doubtful as the currents are pretty strong. There is a holiday resort at the opening from the sea to the lakes, which goes by the original name of Lakes Entrance and there we spent three days.
In this part of the world bird life is abundant and we are doing our best to learn what they are and something of their characteristics. We have not come across much animal life otherwise, in spite of the roadsigns that would have us believe otherwise.
We assume that they are all sticking strictly to the rules of being nocturnal and are well out of the way during the day. On our walking trails there is ample proof of their existence, however. Wombat poo in particular is everywhere and very recognisable. Interestingly, wombats produce cubic turds, often deposited on a rock or a root or some other prominent place. By the amount that we come across on our walks there must be a lot of wombats or else they have dire gastric problems! Sadly, the only wombats we have seen around here are dead by the side of the road. It is always upsetting to see them. At least here the amount of roadkill is much much less than in Tasmania, where it was excessive.
We will be in the mountains tomorrow and perhaps another day before heading back to the coast (depending of course on floods which we will try to avoid!)
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| Looking along Ninety-mile Beach |
In this part of the world bird life is abundant and we are doing our best to learn what they are and something of their characteristics. We have not come across much animal life otherwise, in spite of the roadsigns that would have us believe otherwise.
We will be in the mountains tomorrow and perhaps another day before heading back to the coast (depending of course on floods which we will try to avoid!)
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