A couple of days relaxing at Golden Beach in Victoria, Australia

It had basically been nonstop driving since we left Queensland. We had seen some amazing places driving through New South Wales and into Victoria, basically stopping at a different place every night, but it was now starting to wear us down. We needed to just stay put somewhere for a couple of days to recuperate, and in my mind there is no better place for that than the beach.

We had crossed the Victorian Alps the day before, so today we headed south towards the coast where the Great Alpine Road ends at Bairnsdale. After picking up some supplies, we drove on to the historic town of Sale before heading to Golden Beach.

Rain threatened us the whole time, but we found a beautiful free campsite located just behind the dunes. The sound of the waves crashing on the beach behind us was soothing almost straight away.

Camping behind the dunes at Golden Beach

The rain stayed away long enough for us to go and take a walk along the beach. The beach is indeed a beautiful golden colour, taking up just a small stretch of the enormous 90 mile beach that runs uninterrupted along this stretch of coastline. I realised that this is actually the first time that we have visited the beach on our road trip so far as the weather kept us to the inland roads.

Golden Beach. All to ourselves.

The cool water lapped at my feet as my toes sunk into the fine golden sand. Veronika and I walked hand in hand along the beach, our happy dog Mindy running free and having the time of her life. Afterwards, we simply relaxed in our camp, reading a good book with a glass of wine while listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean.

Mindy at Golden Beach

This is how we spent our couple of days at Golden Beach. It was just what we needed, and we left feeling revived and ready to hit the road again. Sometimes all you need is to find somewhere to relax for a couple of days with some good company, a good book and a good bottle of wine.

My footprints on Golden Beach