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Lakes Entrance 24-27 March
LAKES ENTRANCE VICTORIA (VIC)
LAKES ENTRANCE VICTORIA (VIC)
We arrived Port Melbourne and drove off the ship after quite a wait as our vehicle was on Deck 2 almost last of the batch of vehicles to leave the ship. We headed for Lakes Entrance with a detour to catch up with an old school friend from Mombasa Kenya, along this route. Lakes Entrance.is a small town on the coast in eastern Victoria, Australia. It's known for the Gippsland Lakes, a vast system of inland waterways. There is a pedestrian bridge to Ninety Mile Beach, which stretches along the town's Tasman Sea shoreline. We played our last game of Golf here to conclude our Coast to Coast game.
Near the township of Buchan, lies a honeycomb of caves full of spectacular limestone formations. The caves were formed by underground rivers cutting through limestone rock. The formations are created by rain water seeping through cracks and dissolving some of the limestone. As each droplet comes through the roof it deposits calcite which crystallises in a small ring. In time, stalactites are formed on the roof of the cave, and stalagmites build up from droplets which fall to the floor. The Gunaikurnai Traditional Owners' strong connection with the land has been legally recognised in a settlement agreement that enables them to jointly manage 10 parks in Eastern Victoria, including Buchan Caves Reserve. We discovered the beautiful calcite-rimmed pools of Royal Cave and the stalactites and stalagmites of Fairy Cave
It's here where we turn around west for our trip back across Australia. The Chapter East Across Australia Chapter 1 ends here.
It's here where we turn around west for our trip back across Australia. The Chapter East Across Australia Chapter 1 ends here.
CHAPTER 2 Will cover trip westwards.. from Lakes Entrance VIC - Ballarat VIC, Mount Gambia SA, and Naracoorte SA, and the Indian Pacific Trans Australian Railway to Perth WA.
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