It was great to see the ocean again. Lakes Entrance, as its name suggests, is on the Gippsland Lakes with a cut through to the Southern Ocean. It is also the start of Ninety Mile Beach.

Overnight the weather changed and the boat cruise we had hoped to do was looking less likely so we decided to drive to Paynesville and take the very short ferry ride over to Raymond Island to see the koalas.

About 300 koalas inhabit the island and you need to walk around island and reserve to see them living in the wild. They are very cute!

We also dropped into Metung to reacquaint ourselves with this little holiday spot. We lasted visited here in 1996. It has been a chilly day and when we arrived the sun had popped out but by the time we left the winters day has returned.