To Port Albert
Today was expected to be a bland transfer day. But despite the weather it turned out rather well. The image shows the drab sky as we drive out on the M1. The traffic coming towards us seemed rather light. That turned out to be because there had been a crash a few kilometres East and not much traffic was getting through. This explained why Google Maps had shown a route using the M3 at 7am: while the crash was on the other side of the road, the gawk effect on 'our' side would have been significant. Whatever: we proceeded along the road to about Pakenham and then wobbled around some minor roads before joining the South Gippsland Highway. This took us to the Strzelecki Ranges including the small, and attractive, town of Korumburra. We passed through Leongatha, which despite being described in one website as the centre of South Gippsland, seemed to have very little attraction. In contrast Meeniyan was very nice and seemed to be a centre f...