Day 7 - Merimbula to Mallacoota

Great weather again! Had some small caravan teething problems to sort out this morning before leaving so got underway a little later than usual, but only a short 1.5 hour drive today to the Mallacoota Foreshore Holiday Park. This is reputed to be the largest caravan park in Australia with 1300 sites and would be full due to the school holidays!! A busy camp is not our scene so we were dubious about our one night stay here. However we managed to get a nice large site that was nice and not crowded. We still prefer our more secluded and open free camps. After setting up we took a tourist drive around Mallacoota seeing the sights of this small but picturesque fishing town famous for its abalone and pelicans. Tonight looks like it might be our first night out on this trip for dinner with Peking Duck on the menu!!

Post Script: Went to the restaurant and found the owner very upset with restaurant closed. Turns out the owner’s dog died today - very sad. So change of plans and Pizza instead of Peking Duck! Oh well, what to do…..Read more