Far East Flaneur

FAR EAST FLANEUR - DETAILS OF THE PATH

DAY 1. MONDAY 26 OCTOBER

Gather at Lake Tyers Beach Tavern to meet our local artists, community leaders, poets, storytellers and nature lovers, and take a quick boat trip to our FLOAT-ing art residency if you’re keen! Then we’ll dawdle in small groups along the Ramsar-listed Lake Tyers, enjoying splendid views and rich sounds of birds and insects. After lunch at Lake Tyers House – a guest house built in 1886 for nature lovers – we’ll paddle to Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust for a Welcome to Gunaikurnai Country.

9AM: Café snacks at Lakes Tyers Beach Tavern.
EARLY: Opportunity to visit our FLOAT art residency on the lake.
10AM: Walk to Lake Tyers House with poet, writer + bushwalking guide Bert Spinks.
LUNCH: At the historic Lake Tyers House.
ARVO: Short paddle to Lakes Tyers Aboriginal Trust. Welcome + stories.
DINNER: Curated and created by Josephine Jakobi + Beth Ripper. Camp by the lake at Lake Tyers House.

DAY 2. TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER

Early start with a help-yourself-breakfast. A day of paddling with our wild mentors and a few stops along the way – Ironbark camp, Devil’s Hole and Rules Point – with lunch and snack breaks peppered with artists and sustainable food. After a big day you can crash out with a chef-prepared dinner and a relaxing evening with locals who love this place. We’ll be staying in hand-made cabins built in an old timber town that is reinventing itself for regenerative tourism and a sustainable future.​

8AM: Paddling 6km on Lake Tyers, Toorloo Arm > Ironbark Camp Area.
MORN: Snack break. Paddling 6km to Rules Point.
LUNCH: Break for food + art chat with Gary Yelen.
ARVO: Paddling 6km to Rules Point > and 6km to Nowa Nowa.
DINNER: With local foodie Rinaldo Antico of Grow wilde. Camp at Mingling Waters, Nowa Nowa.
EVENING: Words + Birds with Bert Spinks. Intro to Emerald Link with ecological filmmaker Isaac Carne.

DAY 3. WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER

Help-yourself-breakfast. Cycling the East Gippsland Rail Trail to Orbost with breaks along the way. Guided by local scientist, geomorphologist and devoted bike wanderer Eric Sjerp and local ecological filmmaker Isaac Carne. Moving at a conversational pace with stories of landforms and waterways, moments to linger, and the quiet pleasure of travelling under your own power. Cycling support from Snowy River Cycling. Lunch with pioneering forest lovers and environmental heroes at Orbost Arts Centre. Easy mini-bus trip to Corringle Slips foreshore campground, located between the Snowy River and coastal dunes overlooking Bass Strait. Pitch the tents, light the campfire and savour another chef-prepared dinner.

8AM: Cycling 15km along East Gippsland Rail Trail, Nowa Nowa > Partellis Crossing. With geomorphologist Eric Sjerp + Isaac Carne.
MORN: Railway heritage site + view mural art installation. Cycle further 25km to Orbost.
LUNCH: At Orbost Arts Centre.
ARVO: Hooded Plover Talk with wildlife photographer Rob Clay. Bus to Corringle Beach.
DINNER: With Chef Matt Kennedy. Camp on beach foreshore at Corringle Slips.

DAY 4. THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER

A slower start for everyone’s favourite day. Weaving and chatting alongside the Snowy Estuary with the Corringle Creators – Susan + Kylie Martin – celebrating fifth-generation Aboriginal weaving traditions. Proudly community-made. ​Picnic lunch then paddling across the Snowy River to Marlo. Meet visual ecologist Aviva Reed. Lattes at the Marlo Local. ​Stroll along foreshore to Marlo Ocean views caravan park. ​Pitch tents. Flop. ​Dinner at Marlo Hotel. Comfy camp + campfire at Marlo.

8AM: Traditional Aboriginal weaving with Corringle Creators at Corringle Slips.
LUNCH: With Corringle crew.
ARVO: Easy paddle across Snowy River to Marlo with visual ecologist Aviva Reed.
DINNER: At The Marlo Hotel.
EVENING: Carbon Thinking with Aviva Reed.
CAMP: At Marlo Ocean Views.

DAY 5. FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER

Café breakfast before hiking to Point Ricardo – the best stroll along the Marlo Estuary. Minibus or hike 8km to West Cape Cabins, where unique, hand-made cabins nestle amongst acres of coastal landscape with the most welcoming of hosts (whose family built the place). You may never want to leave!​ Bus to Sailors Grave Brewing for dinner with the best locally brewed beer and even better stories shared by locals (FROTH-style around the campfire). ​Bus back to West Cape Cabins + rest.

9AM: Breakfast at Marlo Bait + Tackle Café.
MORN: Coastal walk (4.4km) with Aviva Reed + Far East Victoria Landcare’s Josh Puglisi.
LUNCH: Picnic with Chef Max Lutze from The Local in Marlo.
ARVO: Hike 5km to Point Ricardo. Mini-bus to Cape Conran.
DINNER: With Froth storytelling sessions at Sailors Grave Brewing. Stay at West Cape Cabins in Cape Conran.

DAY 6. SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER

Self-serve breakfast from the kitchen. Relax, breath in the salt air, enjoy the bird song and sounds of the ocean. Join a bushwalk to Salmon Rocks with experimental sound artists, or flop and enjoy a well-deserved rest. Fond farewells before heading off in the afternoon. If you feel you just can’t leave yet, extra nights are available by arrangement – see optional extras (LINK).

EARLY: Walk (optional) to Salmon Rocks with experimental sound artists subclass820 – Nele Jungenkrüger + Sasha Kruse – as they capture the sounds of the Far East.
MORN: Loving place + walking + flopping at West Cape Cabins.
ARVO: Bus to Marlo to connect with V-line coach departing 2.26pm, arriving at Lake Tyers Beach 3.39pm.

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