East Gippsland Rail Trail 2024

• Planning for an Easter Quickie

  We’re saving our dollaroos for our long-dreamed-of tour in Europe, so the chance to get a quickie in in our home state, over Easter so as not to use up leave from work, and rough camping to save as much as we can on accommodation means we can still get out and enjoy the beautiful countryside without opening our wallets too widely.

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  From Bairnsdale to Nowa Nowa

  Distance: 60km
  Climbed: 407m
  Total time: 6:12:47
  
  Day 1: A very Good Friday

  We arrived in Bairnsdale last night on the 22:30 train from Melbourne. We rode to the NRMA Bairnsdale Riverside Holiday Park and set up next to a pool in the dark. It was a long train trip to get here, but the showers at the holiday park are brilliant and it sure beats driving!

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  From Nowa Nowa to Partellis Crossing Road via Orbost

  Distance: 69km
  Climbed: 531m
  Total time: 7:58:08
  
  Day 2: Boggy Creek to the Snowy River

  We rolled along through a sun-drenched ‘road’ cut into the forest and lined each side with the greenest fernery, which lit up particularly greenish-yellow with the sun rising in the east and backlighting the foliage for us. It was just as I imagine the road to heaven might look like!

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