This is written 10 years later - mainly with the thought that we could print a hard copy as a possibly less nebulous record of our trip than the online one held by google.
Driving on from the Coorong and into Victoria, the next memorable feature was the Great Ocean Rd. The holiday break was now in full swing and any scenic feature more crowded.
From Great Ocean Road
We stopped and joined the throng viewing the undeniably spectacular coastal scenery, but were put off by the crowds and the increasing traffic on the road.
That night we made it to the Aire River in the Otways. This is a free camp ground in a beautiful location and so was very crowded. Remarkably there was a koala sitting in a tree just near the camp ground.
We set up camp and the boys and next day the boys and I headed upstream for a spot of trout fishing. Who would have thought? It was a lovely spot and Bro did in fact manage to hook a tiny trout.
That afternoon we heard there were salmon running on the beach and sure enough we were soon hauling in mostly smallish Australian Salmon. Coming back from the beach there were 4WDs taking on steep tracks in the sand hills. We had hear d that the flooding along the Murray River had driven many campers to the coast and that night, as the evening progressed, a group from a 4WD club called Mud Sweat and Beers grew increasingly loud in the otherwise silent camp. Sometime around 1am Maggie and I gathered up all our courage, walked over to their camp and asked them to turn the music off. To our surprise they complied. However it was probably one of the least comfortable moments of our trip.
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