#22 Coastal Drive to Melbourne

#22 Coastal Drive to Melbourne - completed 22-25 April

So my day begins with the alarm going off at 4.30am… good lord.  With a bit of a struggle I managed to get myself showered and finished packing out the door by 5.20am.

My first stop was at Sea Cliff Bridge to see the sun come up at 6.30am what a great start to the trip – managed to get some good photos (testing out what I learnt on the course!).  The whole point of this bridge is that it's made to go over the sea .. hence the name.  Very cool design and often used in a lot of adds.

From here I went through to Mollymook, Batemans Bay, Narooma , Eden and finally crossing the border at 3.45pm.

I arrived at Mallacoota on the Victoria coast line at 4.30pm and I can honestly say I was exhausted!  Managed to pitch the tent and get organised before the rain came so by 6pm I was wrapped up for the night – way too cold to do anything else and I wanted to rest before my next day of driving.  Of course I never expected to get any sleep in a camping ground fill of people/families so ear plugs it was….by 6am it was time to get moving.  Got some great photos of the sun rise that day.

So Day 2 is heading to Lakes Entrance the last part of the 'coastal drive' will be heading inland from here.  I saw a Koala cross the road which was too cute!

I stopped at Lakes Entrance for breakfast and what a beautiful day! Onwards I head to Moe stopping at Sale for a break - starting to get really tired now.  Unfortunately my leaving 1 hour early and hoping to get to Mornington Peninsula early was completely ruin by getting lost.  Stupid Google Maps or is it Stupid Kaz…… ANYWAY, I back tracked a bit and took a different route and managed to still arrive at my hotel by 3.50pm.

Hot Shower, Dinner and Sleep was all I cared about.

Meet up with Christina and Jeffry for breakfast Easter Sunday after a night at Chris's place my trip was over and I was heading to the Airport on Monday 25 April having driven 1355kms.

Great trip – not so sure I'd do it again in only two days…..

36 down, 4 to go