Friday, September 5, 2014

Through the internet we learn that shortly before the end of the last ice age of Wilsons Promontory


We have plenty of concrete and high-rises and crave a bit of nature. We leave February 18, 2014 in Melbourne. Marianne guides us like a homing pigeon with diploma through the city. Thanks to modern round and toll roads, many inner cities today to ride. Relatively quiet and fine Yet we do a half hours to reach the other side of Melbourne is so vast the city.
Our destination is the National Park Wilsons Promontory, 200 kilometers southeast of Melbourne on the coast. To our pleasant surprise is no one at the entrance of the park to collect money. That's fine, because we think in principle, fundy national park that the visit of 'nature' no price tag ought to hang. We want to camp in the park. Before we drive to Tidal River Campground, about 30 miles into the park. Beautiful vistas, beautiful bays, much less 'danger' and 'risk area' signs than in Western Australia, and everything made accessible by paved roads. But there are also many non-asphalted 'tracks' in the park for walkers, and a dozen campgrounds that you can achieve alone. Foot
It was afternoon before we get to Tidal River. fundy national park A comprehensive site with cabins and everything on and on. We ask the ranger for a place for a tent. Place was, it seems, but appears to be a night camping without power here should cost $ 32.20 and $ 54.40 with electricity., To our dismay We refuse and advise the ranger to in 'Wealthy Wealthy Parks for People'! Change the logo of the Park Healthy Parks Healthy People ' The poor ranger can also do nothing, and advises us to write to the Minister a letter ..
We vote with our feet and turn around. Five minutes outside fundy national park the park we book in at Yanakie Caravan Park for $ 30 with electricity. We are fortunate to be a well-protected spot, because the next day is dark and drive a complete storm that lasts two days. Between the showers we walk on the beautiful beach. A kind Wadden Sea is here with a decent tidal range. Everywhere pecking birds piers from the rich clay, black swans gliding majestically over the water, the kukaburrah smiles his cheeky smile somewhere in the woods. But because of the bad weather we're much inside. Fortunately, we have 500 books in our e-reader stand ... The tent survived the storm, but we have two very restless nights. Our neighbor told us shortly before departure, which Yanakie an aboriginal word and 'windy hole' means!
Through the internet we learn that shortly before the end of the last ice age of Wilsons Promontory to Tasmania could walk! 12,000 years ago The sea level was 140 meters lower and Tasmania was part of the mainland. The land bridge is gradually flooded by melting the ice and now you have 12 hours by ferry from Melbourne fundy national park to 'Tassie' to arrive. Climate change is not an invention of recent years ...
The bullet is through the church! We are the rain and the wind and the cold weather was, we leave the south coast and go to the east coast rap! We pack our tent soaked in and ride at a reasonable pace on the Princess Highway eastbound. We stop for the night in a State Forest fundy national park just before Lakes Entrance, sign called. Crossing Eventually there are countries still three cars for the night, two groups of four young Germans and a lone Australian, en route to Melbourne and "Tassie" (Tasmania). It's fundy national park still gray, but the wind has died down. The forest smells wonderful after the rain, your brain gets all excited as much pure oxygen. And finally a quiet night without rattling.
Lakes Entrance is an interesting place, but especially for people who have a boat and love fishing. We do not have a boat and fish do not (although we do like fish), so it remains at a local McDonalds and a visit to the bottle shop to make the drink. Stock level
We roll along the coast eastward, and make the occasional detour, including along the Snowy River, which turns out to flow here. Marine 90 mile continuous beach, according fundy national park to our map. A beautiful area, where we like to come back, but with a camper or caravan. For a tent is the weather on the south coast just 'Dutch'! Cool, windy and often wet.
Princess Highway meanders hundreds of kilometers through the forest. All State Forest, farmland so where wood is harvested, but still beautiful. We enjoy every kilometer. We cross the border between Victoria and New South Wales.
Then we get to Eden, our destination. A real Australian town on a beautiful bay, it looks really paradise off. We book in b

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