The Beautiful Mt Sherwin

Spent a nice night with Heather but time to look around before her birthday so off I go in search of a free camp close enough to travel back to Melbourne.
Found one near Whittlesea Vic. but didnt find Mt Dissapointment. Time to enlist the help of my group so I made enquiries on the site and had a reply from the gorgeous Barbara with an offer to camp on their 20 acre rasberry farm. It is situated on top of the ridge with magic views.

Daylight was fading fast so off I go to find it!
I arrives to a warm welcome and felt peaceful and safe from the onset.
What a beautiful place to visit! There are King Parrots galore and lots of other birds who eat out of your hand.

 There were even some Kangaroos.

 If you look far into the distance you will see the city (melbourne ) in some of these photos.

Such a serene setting and I planned to stay a week. My hosts Barb and Chris are beautiful people and I will be doing a return visit.

Nothing stays the same and that goes for perfect camp sites too. 
We had strong winds on the second night followed by set in rain. The cold I can handle but when it comes with rain on top of a mountain, that is a receipe for sleet and that is just what we got. I was invited in to share the nice warm fire but I was already settled into my cozy bed so there I stayed.
Saturday I got a call from Tracy to say they were coming my way in the next day or so and were going to head north in search of warmer weather, well!!!! How could I resist the urge to tag along.
Sunday arrived and I was up early to pack up, you wouldnt believeit, the sun was shining brightly.  It wasnt shining enough to change my plans to meet Tracy and Phil at the Wandong Service Centre so I set to work packing a wet, muddy camp and headed off down the mountain with a promise to return.
A big thank you to Barb and Chris and I wish them well in their venture for campers.

The trip Down the Princess Highway

Sunday morning and time to hit the road for Melbourne. I thought I would take a week and do some free camps, however; there was not much to choose from. Thought I should ask a policeman I saw in the servo about free camps and he was more than helpful. He sent me to the beach front and told me I coud stay one night there, SO nice of him....... when I got there the beach was beautiful and so was the cemerty on the foreshore.
Best keep going and find something before it gets too late.
Lakes Entrance was beautiful so I stopped for some site seeing!  Great display of sculptures (which are dedicated to ou,r ANZACS) in the Marina area.

Nice view from the look out but coudnt see free camp. 😊.

Pulled into Bairnsdale about 6pm and checked into  caravan park. $20 but it was a safe spot, until the rain came. I was under some branches and the leaves sounded like rocks as they hit the roof. Pity I got rid of the kayak, I could have used it to exit my van, the water was a puddle right where the manager told me to park. 
Not to worry it was a nice sunny day so off to Maccas for breakfast with a senior coffee and on the road again.
Stopped at a nice rest area just before Rosedale on Monday to re-arrane a few things that were rattleing in the back of the van ad decided it was a good place to stay for the night
Went to start the car to park in a better place and it was silent in protest. Call to RACQ and a jump start and good to go.  The mechanic told me of a better camp right at Rosedale with plenty of free campers there all the time.

Turned out the people camped next to me lived in the suburb next to Heather (where I was heading) and they were going home on Tuesday morning. Worked out well for me because I woke up to more rain just as they were ready to leave.  Who needs a morning coffee when you can catch an escort right through the city to where you want to go.😎 

Jumped into the driver's seat and the ride began, best decision I've made in 7 weeks😁 straight through to the other side of the city without getting lost. BONUS.