Healesville to Eildon

We explored around Healesville, visiting Yarra Glen and Lilydale, pausing to admire the Tarrawarra winery. We tried to visit the nearby national park areas, but they were mostly closed due to wind damage a few months ago.

We spent a fun day at Hedgend maze, which also had an elderly mini-golf course which entertained us for a while.

I think the highlight of our stay in Healesville, apart from the sanctuary, was the caravan park, with its beautiful trees and creek. And of course, its

new amenities block!

Moving on, we paused for morning tea at Marysville, which was so dreadfully burnt in the 2009 bushfires. The bush is recovering, although you can still see a lot of dead tree tops. There are many new buildings in the town, and signs about what was there before. It sounds sad, but it was a charming town, with an excellent cafe (Fraggas) and a gorgeous park and playground. We really loved it.

Eildon was into the unknown as we had no idea what to expect. We seem to finally have gotten far enough from Melbourne - it is much less yuppy and more Aussie. The park here is lovely.  Right beside the river and we hired a fire tin and had a fire, which was fun.  It was a cold night.