It was always going to be hard to live up to yesterday, especially as we had to travel quite a way, and today has certainly been a bit more ordinary but with one or two highlights.

The weather wasn't quite so perfect this morning, though latterly it has improved and is cloudless now. We had thought we would go back down the Prom this morning and do one of the many short walks and the cloudy weather didn't deter us, though it did rain very lightly at one point.

A trio of galahs outside our cottage

We walked down to Millar's Landing through banksia bush. We saw several wallabies and had what I can only call a close encounter with one! We obviously disturbed one and instead of jumping away from the path it jumped into the path, almost collided with me and jumped back into the bush, catching my walking pole as it went. I'm not sure who was more surprised - me or the wallaby! I just hope it hasn't got a sore leg as a result! Steve took the lead after that!

Kangaroos seen on the drive down the Prom

One of the many wallabies we saw

The owner of the cottage we stayed in last night recommended a scenic route for part of our journey so we decided to follow his advice. It was a longer route but it took us up into the Tarra Bulga National Park. It proved a very quiet route - we stopped for lunch at the side of the river Tarra and only one car passed us in the half hour we were there! It was also very narrow and twisty but took us through some beautiful rainforest. We stopped a couple of times to view a waterfall and walk into the rainforest. The trees and ferns were huge!

Some huge tree ferns

The rest of the day was spent travelling to Metung, which is where we are for the night. It is in a very difficult place to explain. It is on a peninsula that sticks out into a lake that is connected to the sea but there is land directly opposite us on all sides! It is part of the Gippsland Lakes area of Victoria. I think it is probably very beautiful but we haven't had much chance to look round yet. I also think that to get the most out of the place you probably need a boat!

We didn't get off to a very good start here as when we arrived reception was shut and a note on the door said we had to ring a number. Now this is easy if you have an Australian phone but of course we dont! We knew the code for Australia but it took some time to get the correct combination of numbers. When we did get it to work we then got an answering service and we had to wait for several minutes to get someone to answer and tell us what to do. All this on our UK mobile! We were not amused - especially as later on we realised they had emailed us to give us the information about the key. Of course we can't get emails until we get WiFi and we can't get that till we get the information in the accommodation! You see where this is going!

We weren't particularly late arriving - about 5.40 so I think we were right to be annoyed! However we were tired and hungry so I guess it seemed worse than it was. The cottage is ok but nothing special and seemed rather dark on entering as the blinds were down. Not one of our better choices but we are only here for the night. You can just about see the sea from the lounge!

To kick us when we were down, the restaurants we thought would be OK to eat in were either closed or didn't exist! However we did find a nice little place and have had a good meal. Equilibrium is now restored and we only have to walk partly down the drive to get WiFi so that's OK!!!!!!