Bloody cockatoos! So noisy at 5am

Spot of breakfast and first stop is the Killer Whale Museum

This shares the, inappropriate in modern day, story of how humans and Orcas joined forces to kill in the action of Whaling; humans wanted the blubber for the oil and the Orcas wanted the tongues to eat – nice right… ????

The place even has the skeleton of the famous “Old Tom”: the lead Orca in this Whaling story

They also have the skeletons of a False Killer Whale (a type of Dolphin) as well as a Fur Seal

As well as a spinal vertibre from the largest Blue Whale ever caught from a small Whaling boat (almost 100 ft) ☹️

Important to see and hear about the local history of Eden but obviously not the most pleasant – Whaling was officially banned in 1930s

The museum also had a replica of a lighthouse

Next we drive down Princes Highway and make it to the second state we’ve visited: Victoria

Gypsy Point is shortly over the border – we go to the jetty here but not a lot going on

We go further towards the coast to find Mallacoota and hire a double kayak for a couple hours

The area has a lot of constructive waves so there’s so many deposits of sand that make it a little tricky to navigate by boat, and even kayak!

There’s three little islands we pop around: Horse Island, then Goat Island and we can see Rabbit Island from afar

We see many pelicans, some cormorants and even a stingray on our paddles

Have a shower after and back in the car for a small drive to Genoa (Creek) Falls

We’re the only ones here but there’s lots of nooks and crannies to explore for wildlife – we found several, what we think are, Eastern Water Dragons

Now in the car for a long stretch

Notable creeks we cross include: Fat Cow, Simpsons, Wombat and of course Mr Creek!

After an almost 200km stint, we make it to Lakes Entrance – small, Southern seaside town

We park up, stroll over the bridge across the estuary to have a visit to the beach and sea

Come back and see the carnival – don’t go in as you have to pay to go in, let alone even go on the rides

Off we go back on the road, we eventually reach Bairnsdale where we’re staying for a couple nights

Before check in, though, time for some food – a couple good looking Indian restaurants so might as well go for one

Lake Whadie Indian Restaurant has us for some curries, a chapatti, chips (don’t judge us, it’s nice!) and a bottle of local Sauvignon Blanc

Full of good food, we go back to check in to the motel and go to bed