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Penultimate day
August 19th, 2011Lakes Entrance
August 18th, 2011Lakes Entrance from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Lakes Entrance proper. Much nicer than the nearby town of the same name.
A bit depressed
August 18th, 2011Two nights were quite enough. I’d planned to spend a couple of days in Lakes Entrance. The hostel hadn’t impressed. Tired motel units, mostly occupied by equally depressing long term residents. Damp and dreary outside, it was little better indoors. Penny pinching perfected. In the kitchen, never more than a dribble of washing up liquid. A single tea towel I’d doubted had been that clean and dry to start with.
The town itself was little better. A few charity shops, several outlets offering everything for two bucks. Not one, but that’s par for the course. Everything costs more in Australia, even the cheap stuff.
Saved by the bottle
August 17th, 2011They never found the snake. Probably died of alcohol poisoning. Maybe not, but at least the man it’d attacked had a remarkable tale of survival to tell. Or at least he would have if he’d ever been sober enough to not slur his words. Fresh from his usual bender in the local bar, he’d staggered off with a couple of litres of port to tend to his marijuana crop out in the bush. Inadvertently treading on an aggressive tiger snake, he’d multiple bites, each laden with deadly venom.
Too stoned to seek help for several hours, lesser mortals would almost certainly have died. Even he’d had to be airlifted to intensive care in Melbourne. Despite the delay in treatment and considerable amount of venom injected by the snake, either usually fatal, he’d pulled through. Eventually returning to his normal incoherent self.
The only plausible explanation for his survival seemed to be the sheer amount of alcohol in his body acting as an inhibitor to the poison. Suppose this explained why he’d never given up drinking. Saved by the bottle.
Long walk around
August 17th, 2011Long walk around from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken stumbles on a fellow adventurer. Walking from Sydney to Melbourne.
Wilderness Coast
August 16th, 2011Wilderness Coast from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken enjoys a brief break from the logging trucks. Time for tea and cake.
Flagged up
August 16th, 2011Flagged up from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Expecting to find nothing along the road between Cann River and Orbost, Ken discovers a small cafe. Closed. Gone fishin’.
Cann River
August 15th, 2011Cann River from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken discovers the throbbing metropolis that is Cann River. Along the Wilderness Coast of Victoria, South East Australia.
Rest stop after the storm
August 15th, 2011Rest stop after the storm from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Brief rest stop between Genoa and Cann River. Along the Wilderness Coast in Victoria, South East Australia.
First light in Genoa
August 14th, 2011First light in Genoa from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
The storm of the previous night now passed, Ken contemplates his next move
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