We took the week off following Easter Monday for a short trip to Bairnsdale – camping in our Jayco Jpod, with our 2 dogs. Summary of our Melbourne to Bairnsdale camping trip Bairnsdale is a city located in the East of Gippsland, Victoria in Australia. 22 April 2019 – Day 1 | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland … Read more
This was meant to be our last day in Bairnsdale, however as the morning progressed we decided to pack up early and go home. We would have ended up stuck in the caravan and the dogs in their crate for most of the day. Along with the thought of having to sort out wet camping … Read more
Thursday 25th April ANZAC day I am a proud Australian and it was great to experience an ANZAC day parade in a country town. We walked with the dogs from the caravan park up to the main street. It was blocked off to cars, in preparation for the parade. The main street in Bairnsdale is … Read more
We started with the Lakes Entrance Tourist Centre. They were busy and not much help. We really wanted to get some fresh fish and prawns but still were not quite sure how it worked or where we needed to go. With no real plans we drove around and came across the Eastern Beach car park … Read more
After a crappy sleep due the loud noise of trucks belting down the highway adacent to the Caravan Park we had breakfast and then headed off to the Bairnsdale Tourist Information Centre to get some ideas on what to do. A few of the suggestions were to visit St Mary’s Church ( next door), the … Read more
New Transmission and Brake Controllers for the Jeep Not long after returning from our last trip to Beachport, we had problems with the Jeep’s transmission and at the same time our brake controller had a recall. The Jeep had trouble changing gears. The engine warning light kept coming on in between visits to Jeep to … Read more