Photos from my vacation in Victoria, Australia, 2014

We went to mainland Australia after four weeks on Tasmania. This time on our own before I headed back home and Maria went to an Aikido camp in Melbourne.

We had two different places in consideration before we choose where to go. Of course I wanted to go to the Great Barrier Reef along Australia’s Gold Coast, but as Maria was heading for Melbourne we choose to stay in Victoria. We opted for Lakes Entrance a small town along the south coast.

Lakes Entrance is a tourist town with a fishing port in Eastern Victoria. THerefore we needed to travel a couple of hours from the airport in Melbourne to get there. From Lakes Entrance we did a few day trips with the longest being to Croajingolong National Park. The other day trips where much closer to Lakes Entrance as we wanted to experience the area. You can’t really do that if you just sit in the car for hours.

It was a couple of interesting days that we had together. We had the pleasure to find the cuddly Koalas at Raymond Island. Our pace was slow and we didn´t force ourselves to do very much else than relax. I often did a little morning photography at the bird feeder where we stayed. It was lovely to see all the colorful birds in the morning. As well as having a chat with the owners that tipped us in particular about Raymond Island.

A short stay

Six days are of course a little short if you want to experience and explore mainland Australia. I would say that you probably need just a month to grasp the different parts of the state of Victoria. And, then you have to consider that Victoria is the smallest state on mainland Australia to get a feeling for how big Australia is. We only saw a small part of the coastal region of Victoria and if I had time I would love to spend much more time exploring other parts of Victoria like Phillip Island, the Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley, Murray River, the Victorian Alpine Region etc. I also felt that the climate was good for a Scandinavian like myself, but we just might have been fortunate to have 25 degrees for most of our stay.

Please enjoy the gallery from the six days in Victoria and don’t miss out on the three photo albums from Tasmania, Tasman Peninsula and Bruny Island.

Photo Album: Australia 2014