After stocking up on supplies (beer, wine, etc) at the supermarket in Wonthaggi. We headed off towards Foster in search of a dump point.
Dump Points
Now for those who don’t know, in a RV there are a number of different types of tanks that you may have. We have a 200litre fresh water tank (with an extra filter and separate tap as an extra check for drinking – but I drink it without the filter, so far so good), a 200litre galley water tank that takes the water from the kitchen sink and the washing machine, a 200litre Grey Water tank which takes the water from the bathroom sink and the shower, and a 200litre Black Water tank which holds toilet stuff. Galley and Grey water is pretty much ok to discharge on the ground, but preferably not around other campers, etc. The Black Water must be discharged only into Dump Points provided by local councils, they can be few and far between, so you have to plan where and when you need to empty. We are finding we can get just over two weeks usage before we have to empty the Black Water tank. When we left Wonthaggi I thought we were getting close to being full as the last empty out was done at Mount Gambier nearly 2 weeks ago. The Dump Point that was listed Foster was not there so we continued on. We found an excellent location for free camping just outside of Toora and we stayed there for 3 nights 18 –20 March. On the last morning of our stay here, we topped the tank (I won’t go into detail, I think it is better that it happened to me not to Lise – Cass and Nali may remember the toilet incident on the houseboat when we did the Disasters Afloat trip, it wasn’t as bad as that though). Anyway, I carefully nursed the rig towards the next Dump Point 50km away – we made it ok and emptied in a gale at Port Albert.
Dump Point – I am becoming an expert in all things poo.
Franklin River Reserve 18-20 March
This is a fantastic free camp, we loved it, very peaceful, great weather, nice people (meeting new people at free camps is fun), drinks with everyone around the fire each night.
Agnes Falls, near Toora – in Winter it is a complete gush.
Eating the kilometres in the rain – 21 March
The wind was behind us and we made the most of it by driving a fair bit from Toora to the other side of Lakes Entrance, 218km. That’s a big drive for us. It was a pretty bad night and we stopped at a Burned Bridge Reserve – fairly ordinary, but it was ok and free. We had to keep an eye on Cooper because the Rangers had laid baits for foxes in the area.
Thurra River Campground – 22-24 March
11km east of Cann River near the border of Vic/NSW. Good spot, nice camp fires each night, a few squalls and some sun. Right next to a rain forest with a walking trail, we are doing the trail about 3 times a day with Cooper. We ran the generator (3KVA, $300 from ebay and still going fine) for an hour and and half to charge the batteries, do the washing in the built in front loader washing machine, etc.
Rain Forest at Thurra River campground.
Into New South Wales – Eden 24 March
As we wanted to watch the first AFL match of the season, Swans v Giants and it was being broadcast on a TV channel we did not have at Thurra, we made a hasty decision on Saturday afternoon to pack up and move on to Eden. It was only 100km and was a very scenic drive. We parked our rig behind the Great Southern Hotel in Eden. Had a very nice dinner at the hotel restaurant, I had 3 bream and veggies, Lise had Thai red curry. We watched the match at the fishermen's club – Swans won of course. Good to see a new young team join the AFL and it should set up a great local rivalry with two teams in Sydney now.
Eden, New South Wales
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