Weather wise Canberra, being inland, heats up in the summer while coastal towns including Sydney tend to remain at lower (and often more bearable) temperatures. In the winter the reverse happens.
As a result the majority of Canberra's population heads south east during the summer to the beaches of Batemans Bay - encountering the Kings Highway which has precarious twists and turns and usually has at least half a dozen fatalities a year as people rush to and fro from the beaches.
Similarly while Melbournian's do head East they often end at Lakes Entrance (a spot probably 300km from the centre of Melbourne) and most likely holiday far closer to home.
Recently we've discovered Marlo - a small town situated about 4 hours directly south of Canberra and east of Lakes Entrance. It's in, what one of our friends described as, a bit of a 'tourist shadow'. It's a further (but less difficult) drive than Batemans Bay (and probably adds about an hour to the journey) but is an attractive little place - being built on the outlet where the Snowy River meets the Sea.
That in itself probably causes the place some issues (there are pictures online of floods which have happened at various points) but for the majority of the time it is a quiet and picturesque place with pelicans and a small friendly local population. There is a lovely pub which looks out to the estuary and affords beautiful sunsets each evening. Some of the beaches nearby are so unspoilt - we walked to Salmon Rocks one morning - a long stretch of incredibly beautiful beach with great waves.
Nearby Orbost is the 'centre' of things with a couple of schools and a supermarket. Orbost has a busy and thriving highstreet - but even that though looks like it's been pretty unchanged over the last 50 years or so.
We headed down to Marlo a couple of nights. In the end the kids decided that we should stay longer, so two nights become three, which in turn became four. Living is easy in that part of the world, we had a morning fishing (Audrey caught 4 fish, Eli 2 and me nothing!) and a couple of days on the beach and in the river, so we were sad when we finally did head back home.
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| Waiting for the sunset in the pub |
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| Beautiful Marlo sunset |
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| Beach selfie |
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| Audrey and I made a driftwood campsite! (Eli conked out and slept on the beach) |
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| Youngs Creek Waterfall (a really tranquil spot) - we were the only ones there all morning |
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| Audrey showing her fishing skills |
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| Eli with a salmon |
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| Eating our catch! |
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