Silt Jetty's / Den of Nargun

We found a little spot tucked away

Off to Eagle Point… After getting some much needed supplies from Sale we headed off to Eagle Point where the Frenchies in the Wicked van told us they had spent the night. We stopped at the lookout an it was amazing,  270’ views over this lovely part of Victoria. Could have spent the night there, but we decided to check out the point. Off we drive past the caravan park, no wonder there was “no camping” signs up , and down this long dirt road. At points along the road there was literally just the road and ocean on either side. There were lots of people down the end fishing so we decided to drive a little ways back and found a great spot to camp. The fish were literally jumping out of the water, there was no real wind, no annoying mosquitos, we had the best view and the sunset was amazing ( yes John check out the pictures).  

 We set up, have got it down to a fine art now, cooked a yummy veg burger for dinner, then nick headed out of the kayak. The stars were amazing that night! We got spoilt! I really do love gazing at them they are majestic, and it’s a great sight when they light up the sky, we had part of the Milky Way in all her glory right above us.

 

Had a slow start the next morning, might have something to do with that beer we bought in Sale…. Decided we really couldn’t be bothered moving on so we spent the next night there also.

The girlies were having a great time, there were massive water rats...

 

When we finally got moving on Thursday (14/3/13) we headed back towards Bairnsdale was there was a Cultural Centre we wanted to check out the other day when we drove through, but we were too late it was shut.  We had to wait around till it reopened as there was a workshop going on. (I found out later that they had Aboriginal Elders down from Arnhem land as well as Native Indians working together with the local Kurnai / Gunnai  people to work out a plan /guide on how to treat people, for various illnesses without using western medicine, and focusing on traditional techniques .)

Anyway it was great to go and have a look, the Elders of Kurnai people have worked so hard to get this museum open, was officially opened in 1994, and they have since been trying to get back items of significance from Melbourne museum. It tells the story of the Aboriginal people from the Gippsland area, from before, to when white man settled, and currently. Well worth having a look, if your near this part of the country.

 

 

 

 

Onward bound…. In the museum I read about this special women’s place called the Den of Nargun that was located within a national park. It was on the way to Dargo, where we were headed, so we thought we would go and have a look. Once we got there nick stayed in the car and I made the journey. It was a crazy steep walk, and only super-fit Bear Grylis could have done the walk in 15 minutes, the signposted times kept changing… but once there it was amazing. It’s just really sad that people have come through and broken things off and not shown respect for such a place of natural beauty, and special place for the Kurnai people.



 

We moved on and found a lovely place to stay called Orrs camp spot, about 10 minutes out of Dargo, and lit up a lovely campfire and had another beautiful display of starts to keep up entertained. We even cooked some popcorn over the fire.

 

 

Once we arrived in Dargo we both found it such a cute/ quaint little town, with lots of old “period” type houses, very green and lush in a beautiful valley. To set the scene even more we had to pull over and wait for a herd of cows to walk past, on their way to get milked! We checked with the CFS when in Dargo, as there have been some horrific fires around this region, and we had planned to drive thru Mt Kosciuszko???