Roadtrip from Adelaide to Melbourne
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:27 pm
Hey folks,
I'll be back in Adelaide over Christmas. My wife has to come back a week earlier than me so I'll be driving back on my own.
I was thinking of taking a few days or nights and driving back via the coast, camping with a focus on fishing.
On one hand I could cut straight back home in 8 hours and just do day trips out of Melbourne.
On the other I could turn it into a much longer multi-day cruise and have a go on spots along the Coorong, or cut down the coast to Portland and then back along the Ocean Road, etc.
Any tips on some worthwhile fishing stops and camping sites along the way? I'm from SA but haven't done much of that coast within driving distance of Adelaide, I always went to Yorkes instead.
Mostly I've been cutting east from Melbourne the last few years. I had some great fishing in Winter around Bridgewater bay earlier this year.
Since I'm a nice guy I'm getting a 9' rod for Christmas which will treat me a bit better surf fishing as well, better than my shonky 6' rods anyway. I've also got waders that I like to use if the surf isn't too bad.
I have some camp sites I really like closer to town like Cumberland river not far out of Lorne, although I've never had much luck fishing around there.
I'll be back in Adelaide over Christmas. My wife has to come back a week earlier than me so I'll be driving back on my own.
I was thinking of taking a few days or nights and driving back via the coast, camping with a focus on fishing.
On one hand I could cut straight back home in 8 hours and just do day trips out of Melbourne.
On the other I could turn it into a much longer multi-day cruise and have a go on spots along the Coorong, or cut down the coast to Portland and then back along the Ocean Road, etc.
Any tips on some worthwhile fishing stops and camping sites along the way? I'm from SA but haven't done much of that coast within driving distance of Adelaide, I always went to Yorkes instead.
Mostly I've been cutting east from Melbourne the last few years. I had some great fishing in Winter around Bridgewater bay earlier this year.
Since I'm a nice guy I'm getting a 9' rod for Christmas which will treat me a bit better surf fishing as well, better than my shonky 6' rods anyway. I've also got waders that I like to use if the surf isn't too bad.
I have some camp sites I really like closer to town like Cumberland river not far out of Lorne, although I've never had much luck fishing around there.