We had thought we would make a quick trip to Cape Conran, have a look, come back and then go for a potter on the headland on the other side of the river.
Instead, we found lots of beautiful beaches, walking tracks, rock formations, roads that tempted you towards local natural attractions but which then disappeared, or were closed. It seems there had been extensive storm damage in the area and the, largely unmade, roads and little bridges had been badly affected.
No matter. We had a great time exploring, pottering on the beaches, scrambling on rocks (not me - my rock scrambling days are far behind me!), adventuring. Were were lucky with the weather. It was a beautiful day. And we were at Cape Conran for the better part of the day, before heading back for a couple of hours of resting in our rooms with books, TV and cups of tea
This is where we were:
We came back via Orbost, intending to visit the IGA for snack supplies. Alas, it was closed. We were about to head to the main road to see if the service station had snacks when we drove towards a Foodworks. Now my local Foodworks is not very interesting. Our IGA is much, much better. So I don't tend to think about Foodworks. However, this one was open and it was right in front of us. So in we went. And it is magnificent. So many interesting things. Local things. Yummy things. Most of which we couldn't buy because - nowhere to store them. However, we will remember the Foodworks in Orbost when we come next time. We are going to try and find somewhere self catering. Nothing to stop us eating in the pub should we be so minded, but it would be nice to fend for ourselves as well.
We didn't make it to the other side of the river. Next time.
Sunset over the Snowy on our last evening here:
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