CARAVAN ADVENTURES: Gippsland Victoria

Day 1, first book down.

Day 1
Yanakie

Watching the sun rise over Wilsons Promontory across the Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park this morning was magical. The coolness of the morning mist giving promise to another hot day.

We arrived at the Yanakie Caravan Park yesterday in the heat of the day and to our shock, horror and disappointment found that the huge shady pines along the shore had been removed to give way to large cleared blocks for campers. We choose a place positioning the caravan facing the water with our back to the barren camp...problem solved.

Nothing else has changed, the old bathroom block is as basic as ever but clean and functional, the newer 'South Block' a little too far away for a quick trip to the loo!

As usual I've had my 'first day incident' stubbing my little toe so badly there will be no hiking today. Fortunately no blood is involved this time so I'm counting myself lucky.

Huge motor homes seem popular with European families and of course there are lots of smaller vans with the youngies seeing the country. We have yet to meet other grey nomads but think they must be around somewhere, although a few of the camp children have migrated to our site, our small dog Pip is the definite drawcard, not us!

As the camp wakes up I can hear the usual human noises, most of the birds have moved away now its warming up, leaving only a few stalwart Silver Gulls and the ever present Sparrows. Perhaps they are waiting for a handout of the odd crumb or two. Earlier I watched a large family of black swans heading towards the sanctuary of The Prom and the soaring Albatross seem to have finished fishing for the moment.

Finally we can see the distant hills revealing themselves from the mist and haze, the breeze across the water guaranteeing cooler temperatures, at least for the moment.