Paynesville - Gippsland.

 Saturday- 29th March.

We arrived here last  Wednesday and it has been full on since, with lots of talk, laughter and reminiscing about our wild youth more than 50 years ago in Alice Springs. We have a reunion every 2 years and this year we have 25 people attending.

Pam and Ian Macmillan have hosted most events at their holiday home in Paynesville.

Yesterday we drove to Lakes Entrance and did a boat trip to Metung for a pub lunch and then returned to Paynesville. The bird life was fantastic and we also saw seals. There were lots of homes bordering the lake making it a very picturesque place to live.





That evening we enjoyed a lovely meal at the local Chinese Restaurant.

Tonight is our big dress up night again back at Ian and Pams and the theme this year is old Pirates. It is pretty easy to do the old bit but a bit trickier to do the pirate bit. 

Thursday - 3/4/25.

The evening was a lot of fun with singing , poetry, awards for best costumes and lots of general chat.

Mike and Robbie provided the music as usual .

Here are a couple of sad old pirates.



The next morning many folk left after we all had a very long goodbye at a local coffee shop.
However a few of us at the caravan park stayed another night and had dinner of left overs at Ian and Pam’s.
It was a fabulous get together and we are all keen to do it again in a couple of years, maybe in Mudgee.


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