I was leaving on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
The weather was forecast to be beautiful and sunny on Thursday but with strong northerly winds in western Victoria hitting Melbourne in the evening then south Gippsland and the alpine areas overnight on Thursday, followed by a strong cold front which would make conditions more dangerous and more miserable on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
The northern areas of Victoria had already been flood affected and recent wind storms had caused further road closures so northern Victoria was not high on my list.<\/p>\n
Snow had been forecast for the alps at the start of the week and most of the alpine roads are still in seasonal closure until end of the month so, the alpine areas for solo bushwalking were not a great option.<\/p>\n
With the cold front coming in from the west, western Victoria was not going to be the best option as it would shorten my “nice weather time”.<\/p>\n
So I headed off eastwards with no fixed destination, although Walhalla was my first priority, with camping gear and camera gear, range of clothes for whatever weather I was served up and some freeze dried food in case I ended up without access to a cafe for dinner (most close early in the countryside).<\/p>\n
As I drove I saw the beautiful puffy clouds and I realised that with a bright sunny day forecast for the next day with possible strong winds coming, the cold forests would not be my best option, but the lovely beaches of the Prom would be optimal – hence I took my time meandering around the South Gippsland countryside in occasion rain showers exploring the beautiful rolling hills around Mirboo North before heading to Tidal River where I set up camp.<\/p>\n
Three cows on a hillside<\/p>\n Rolling hills from Loves Lane on the way to Mirboo North<\/p>\n On the Grand Ridge Road circuit past Mirboo<\/p>\n Dilapidated building in Mirboo – presumably a town hall.<\/p>\n Convoluted decision making but in the end, the best decision, it was awesome down there – see my previous blog posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Lovely cumulus clouds in the distance at the big drift<\/p>\n Small puffy cumulus clouds in the late afternoon<\/p>\n![\"Mirboo\"](\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Victoria\/Prom\/PA190024-1.jpg\")
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