RV TRAVEL
YARRAM
There is a lot of very cool street wall art in Yarram . A lot of the work was painted by Mongolian artist Khosnaran Khurelbaatar ( known as ‘ Heesco ®’), who is responsible for many other art projects around Australia , including on the silo trail . The Yarram art was completed in around four weeks .
Tip : Anyone wanting to visit the spectacular Yarram Water Tower , it ' s a short walk from the main road , which is the best place to park as the tower is not set-up to cater for caravanners , motorhomes and campers . It ’ s easy to lose a day just in Yarram itself !
PORT WELSHPOOL
After reminiscing about all the areas we were traveling through , we decided staying at Port Welshpool was a must as I had fished off the old jetty many moons ago and had some real fishing yarns to share ! We discovered the 800-odd-metre , 95-year-old jetty had been completely restored in 2018 ; however , it retained all its old charm and those memories .
It was late afternoon when we set-up camp at the Long Jetty Caravan Park , and yep , it ' s dogfriendly . We could see the weather changing and made a run for the jetty . Back in the day , fisherfolk were exposed to the elements . These days , there are some excellent shelters to get out of the worst of the weather !
On The Long Jetty , roughly threequarters of the way out , it was great to see the refurbished winch shed built with some of the original timber and housing the remnants of the winch . There ’ s a history of the jetty inside and some excellent info on the fish species on the exterior walls .
The rain hit just on dark ; sadly , it was the end of our sunny weather . We realised on this trip that there was so much to see and do in Gippsland . It ' s fantastic and a three or four-day stint is not nearly enough to see it all – we ' ll be back !
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