Autumn Break

For the autumn break I headed down to Marlo, Cape Conran and Lakes entrance.  Marlo is just over 4 hours drive East of Melbourne and is most known for being the town that sees the snowy river meet the ocean.  I stayed at the Marlo Ocean Views camping ground and I won't be going back.  I found the campsite to be overcrowded and the staff generally unfriendly.  The town itself is not particularly close to anything exciting with most of the highlights being to the east.  I spent an uneventful afternoon fishing at Point Ricardo where the only thing I was catching was a nasty headache.

I've been wanting to start reading the book On Food and Cooking for a while and the trip provided plenty of quality reading time.  The book is written by Harold McGee and its purpose is to bring a touch of science into the kitchen.  Given I studied organic chemistry at Uni I was looking forward to seeing how I could resurrect some lost knowledge.  It's all been good timing as I've recently started watching Heston Blumenthal's amazing cooking adventures.

Then it was off to Cape Conran which turned out to be much more interesting and exciting.  My headache had gotten a lot worse so I wasn't really in the mood for a lot of walking which is a shame because the walks in that area would be amazing.  So back to some fishing it was and this time a lot more eventful.  I managed to land a 47cm, 2kg Australian Salmon which was pretty cool.  Its the biggest fish I've ever caught and probably the best tasting.  More on that later.

After gutting the fish and putting it on ice I headed to Lakes Entrance where I stayed the night in a beautiful Bed and Breakfast called the Goat and Goose.  I was very warmly welcomed by the host Joy and had a good chat over a cup of tea.  I highly recommend a stay and I'm in no doubts that I will be back there in the future.  All in all a very enjoyable and relaxing break.