As we were leaving Lakes Entrance, we bought a kilo of fresh caught prawns from a trawler, that'll make a nice lunch! Cruising along the Princes Highway, these trees rejuvenating after a fire, probably a couple of years ago now. We are still travelling through the mountains but it is a nice fine day. 
Snowy River at Orbost, not far from the mouth of the Snowy at Marlo! We are standing on the traditional land of the Kwowathunkoolong of Mother Tribe of Gunai (Kurnai). The snowy has sustained aboriginal people for at least 40,000 years. As the original land managers, the river provided their food resources, transport and social order. 
We stopped off a at Cann River and bought a couple crusty bread rolls and headed for the next rest stop to have lunch, fresh prawns and rolls washed down with a wine and beer. Wonder what the poor people are doing today???? This stop is a free camp - Genoa Rest Area, facilities look good. 
We had a good feed and had some left over prawns for later...... I got the taste for it, I'm having a wine for the trip, just don't go over too many bumps Darl! 
Heading for a free camp, up and over the ranges, we noticed what looked like to me smoke, but Darl reckons it was clouds. Nah I reckon it is smoke you know, from a fire. Finally Darl agreed when we saw the "cloud" meet the ground and Darl said it was probably a house fire, what up here in the middle of the bush, nah it's gotta be a bush fire. As we went on, we realised that I was right (again) a fire on the south side of the border.....At one point we thought we would be headed right for it, come close.
Wow! What a great little spot Eden was. If you had to be laid to rest, this is the best spot (we have seen anyway) that you would want to be buried. What a view! Eden is a lovely seaside village set in the hills on the edge of the forests. 
View from the cliffs at Eden. As with a lot of these southernn coastal towns, Eden has big whaling heritage. There is a Killer Whale Museum here amongst the fascinating artefacts on whaling history, fishing and the seas and Eden's timber industry also feature.
Looking over Twofold Bay you can see Boyd's tower standing like a stone sentinel on the southern headland. This solitary tower built of Sydney sandstone has weathered the sea and remains a symbol of early European settlement of these shores.
We had to have a drink at one of the pubs here, out the back on the deck overlooking the ocean views. Eden is the halfway point between Sydney and Melbourne, situated alongside the deep harbour of Twofold Bay.
Another 30 odd kms, to the free camp at Yellow Pinch Dam, it was 1km off the road but a steep incline to the top of the hill. We have been on windy, steep roads since leaving Wang. There were a few other campers already there. By the night there was 1 c'van, 4 winnies, 2 whizz bangs, 1 coaster and us. What's the odd one out???? Yep us. We are the only ones in a tent. 
Mum and dad magpie and 3 of their young buzzed around the camp, mum (or dad) took a fancy to my Darl's pushie. 
We took a walk in the morning through the bush track to the Yellow Pinch Dam. The dam was full as and is the main water storage for the southern part of Bega Shire.
This is the best shot I could get of the Bell Birds. We have been hearing them in the bush from before Eden. On the walk the noise of "bells ringing" was defeaning. They are little green coloured birds flitting about in the trees and very hard to capture on camera. Back to camp an hour later to pack up and head on further to Cooma........
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