Mother with joey.
Peek-a-boo.
Trees drown by the reservoir.
You can see the joey's legs sticking out of the pouch..
The view from the Skyline Drive through Eildon National Park.
The Black Spur Road - wished I was riding!
Sunday,
September 4th
I
got up early and explored the marshy area out behind my motel. Then I
loaded the car up and drove out the back of the parking lot which
took me to a road that went around and down to the reservoir called
Eildon Lake. From a distance I could see large white birds and with
the zoom on my camera I could see they were pelicans. So I drove
around to a vantage point where I could park and then walk down to
the shore to get close to them. The were very large and beautiful.
I
continued on the road which turned to dirt and went further around
the lake. I found a spot where there were a number of drown trees
standing in the water, and then between two hills, I could see a
kangaroo looking down at me from one of them and when I stopped and
tapped the horn, a number of them peered over the edge.
I
had decided to ride some more today, but it was pretty cool and I was
enjoying the driving and exploring, so I continued south to
Alexandra, past sheep and cattle ranches and then followed signs to
Lake Eildon National Park. This is another area of the same large
reservoir that I cycled past and slept beside. I found the huge dam
that blocks the valley and flooded the valleys upstream and I came
across a large marina where people have large houseboats that they
use as summer homes and to float and cruise around the reservoir. I
drove through the park on the Skyline Drive and saw some beautiful
vistas of the park and reservoir.
Then
I continued on home and drove through the Yarra Range Mountains and
the Black Spur. This is a beautiful rainforest area with tall trees
and tree ferns. The road comes out at the pretty trendy town of
Healesville, where I had been a couple of times before. I stopped at
the Beechworth Bakery for lunch and then continued on through
Lilydale back to Melbourne.
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