Sun 2 Jan 2011

09:00 Breakfast of toast.
11:00 (661 km) Fill up and check tyre air. Leave Lakes Entrance.
12:15 Lunch at McDonalds in Sale.
15:50 (976 km) Home sweet home.

Sat 1 Jan 2011

09:00 Breakfast of pancake.
11:40 (538 km) Drove to lookout over the lakes. Drove to Bairnsdale Fun Park.
12:16 (569 km) Bairnsdale Fun Park. Had rolls for lunch. Did archery, mini golf, bungie trampoline, hook the ring on the bull, go karts, skittles, quoits, swimming. On bungie trampoline, CK landed on head and felt nauseous and neck ache. Lots of mosquitoes around the trees.
17:20 (632 km) Leave park.
18:00 (661 km) Shopping at Lakes Entrance Safeway. Dinner of rice and cabbage chicken and leftovers.

Fri 31 Dec 2010

09:00 Breakfast of toast and Indomie.
10:00 (425 km) Shopping for Ming Kim's shoes. Fill up fuel and leave for Buchan.
11:00 (480 km) Buchan. Caught up with Cunninghams.
12:00 Tour of the Royal Cave. $78. Fantastic speleothems.
13:00 Finished tour. Lunch of sandwiches at swimming pool. Pool had freezing water from caves.
14:35 (482 km) Leave Buchan.
15:30 (537 km) Back to Lakes Entrance.
18:00 Dinner of tuna bake. Swim in caravan site pool.
21:00 Walk to town for New Year Eve celebration with fireworks. Hot night.
23:59 More fireworks.

Thu 30 Dec 2010

08:30 Pancake breakfast.
10:30 (404 km) Drove to town to get ready for cruise.
11:15 Thunderbird cruise, $130 for 7 people. Went to Metung and back. Met lady whose father used to live across the water from Metung and had to row a boat to school in Metung.
12:30 Check out BBQs in the area.
13:00 (417 km) Lunch of Indomie.
15:00 Walk to town for mini golf. $7 per person. Saw sand sculpture.
17:30 Met up with Alan to go to BBQ at Lion's Park. Kids got hurt at playground.

Wed 29 Dec 2010

08:30 Breakfast of raisin toast.
09:00 Drop tyre to Tyrepower to repair puncture for $30.
10:00 Beach. Body board surfing. Sand castle building. Kite flying.
12:00 Go back for lunch.
16:00 (352 km) Leave for Metung.
16:30 (377 km) Metung. Small boating town. Tried fishing but no bites. Went back to Lakes Entrance.
17:30 (404 km) Lakes Entrance fishing near the bridge to Bullock Island. Someone was catching lots of fish, but not us. Saw crabs, fish, jelly fish, seahorse. Dinner of fish and chips.
20:00 Back to caravan site.

Tue 28 Dec 2010

08:30 Breakfast of raisin toast.
10:00 Walk across bridge to the Entrance. MK almost lost his sunglasses. Luckily we found it again. Saw seal in the Entrance.
13:00 Back to caravan site. Lunch of roast chicken.
16:30 Fishing at Bullock Island. Caught one fish.
18:30 Cook dinner - noodles with mince pork.

Mon 27 Dec 2010

09:30 Breakfast of bacon and eggs.
10:30 (326 km) Shopping at Safeway and pump tyre.
12:30 Lunch of pea and ham soup and baked beans.
14:45 (326 km) Go to Aquadome for swimming.
14:50 (330 km) Aquadome.
16:45 (334 km) Back to caravan park.
18:00 Dinner of burrito.

Sun 26 Dec 2010

11:24 (0 km) Left home to check air in tyres.
13:30 (122 km) Stopped at Yarragon for lunch.
16:40 (321 km) Arrived at Lakes Entrance. Found that we had a flat tyre. Went to first petrol station and the person was not very helpful. Went around to Woolworths petrol and the person was much friendlier. However, there were police in attendance and we got breathalysed. Pumped up the tyre and then went to the caravan park.
17:00 (324 km) Silver Sands Tourist Park. Set up annex as well. Quite a big job.
19:00 Dinner of pasta bolognese.