Going back along the Coastal Road

Early in the morning of the 1st of January 2015 we stopped at the Cobargo Bakehouse for breakfast. But more about this later.

We left Martin and Essendon early in the morning of the 31st of December 2014. Our first stop was at the information centre in Sale. Toilet facilities and free maps were welcome. The place looked the same as we remembered it from a trip along the coastal road to Melbourne that we did many, many years ago. I am not sure, maybe it was ten years ago. We then stopped in the town of Sale for refreshments:

 

Soon we were on our way to Lakes Entrance, a very beautiful place at Bass Strait. There we enjoyed a stroll along the promenade next to where all the boats were. I did not walk as far as the others. I relaxed sitting down for a while and watching all that was going on around me. I include here some of the pictures that Peter took. I took only some of the pics!

 

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Statue opposite the Returned Soldiers’ Club

Next stop was here:

We ordered a very good lunch at the General Store. They did bring it out to us where we were sitting at the back of the store.

We did not take photos of our lunch. However I remember I shared one portion of fish and chips with Peter. The fish tasted very good and was a very large piece which was definitely enough to eat for the two of us. I think we had ginger beer to drink. And later on we bought an ice-dream in the store. I also remember they had some good toilet facilities at the back.

We looked around the place a bit more. And Peter acted as the photographer again. Here are some of the pictures he took after we had finished eating:

We were already close to the border of New South Wales.

The booked unit at the Motel in Bega turned out to be a two bedroom unit: Very good for the four of us for an overnight stay.

Here are some more pics that were taken at Tathra with our camera:

First stop after we left Bega the next morning was Cobargo. It turned out they had good coffee at the Bake house and also – surprise, surprise – some Berliners (Pfannkuchen!) or you may call them Jam Rolls.

It was a lovely summer’s morning and we were sitting outside.

Next stop was Bodalla for buying cheese.

Then another short break in Berry. And, voila, thanks to Matthew’s excellent driving our beautiful rental car got us back home to Dapto in the early afternoon! It was good to see home again. Everything was the way we had left it. Of course we opened all the windows to let some fresh air in.
And soon we had some refreshments on the table. There were still some things left from Christmas and the place looked quite all right. We even turned the lights on our Christmas Tree on again! It was not too hot, not at all.

Our Christmas Tree and all the Christmas things we packed away on Wednesday, the 7th of January 2015. Soon it is going to be Christmas again. Then we are going to start all over again. Or maybe we won’t do all the Christmas decorations another time? Well, so far it has been fun to still be able to do all this. So let’s hope for another time! 🙂