FAR EAST FLANEUR - DETAILS OF THE JOURNEY

ART + NATURE WALK / PADDLE / CYCLE / RAFT / AFTER PARTY
15 – 21/22 March, 2026.
A W.I.P. until SUNDAY 15 March.
<PLEASE SEE FAR EAST FLANEUR PAGE FOR THE SHORT VERSION>

DAY 1. SUNDAY 15 MARCH
Slipway Sheds / Lakes Entrance to Lake Tyers Beach. 8km
9am start

Today we meet at the Slipway Sheds (470 Esplanade Lakes Entrance) for a coffee + fruit + cake + welcome from the crew.
And some introductions if you’re new to the area.
Flaneurs will be a mix of locals, visitors and Feral MBAs. Led by our local walkers and flaneur experts - Up the Creek (who are mentoring FLOAT as an artist-led social enterprise.)
We start at the Slipway - where there’s great Gippsland Jersey coffee on hand.

We head east at 9ish, and head for the coast - then on to the Lake Tyers Beach (Waterwheel) Tavern, 8km away.
It’s a fairly easy stroll for those who want to walk with locals, enjoy the coast, stretch their legs.
It’s a beautiful start to the journey.
The walk is mostly via Lake Bunga, past Red Bluff and along the Bass Strait beach  .. stopping to share a bit of fruity morning tea along the way. Arrive at Lake Tyers Beach Tav in time for some shared pizza lunch and an afternoon of chatting.
The Tav can provide a courtesy lift home to 3909 residents – or you should plan to car pool yourself if needed.
We can cook a simple dinner at the Camp Park, or buy-your-own at the Tav.

FULL-ON FAR EAST FLANEURS (FOFEFs)
For those who are continuing on with us for the next week to experience the rest of the journey – we will cross the footpath to Lake Tyers Beach Camp + Caravan Park, to camp in the tents we can supply (or you BYO.) These are simple 1-person tents with sleeping bag provided. We have some cabins available if you are happy to pay that price (but we can also hang out at the Tav until it’s late enough to crawl into your tent.)

Flaneurs are encouraged to bring their own tents + sleeping bags that can be carried in our mini bus.
All should carry a small back pack / water bottle

SPEND WITH US
> Purchase your FEF badge $5
> Buy your locally artist-screenprinted, op-shop-sourced FEF t-shirt $20 (artists: Cheri O’Donnell, Amy Allender, Angharad Neal Williams)
> Stay with us @ camp or cabin @ Lake Tyers Caravan Park

DAY 2. MONDAY 16 MARCH
Lake Tyers Beach - Waterwheel Tavern (The Tav) to Lake Tyers House (5km walk)
Could start any time. We’ll chat the night before to make the plan.

Today we wake up at the Lake Tyers Beach Camp and Caravan Park – and make our own self-serve breakfasts -- then stroll over to the beach where Bung Yarnda meets the ocean.  

The dear Tav crew are opening early on Monday just for us - 9am for coffee + croissants and a group planning conversation about the day ahead!

NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS ON MONDAY:

OPTION 1. VISIT OUR FLOAT ARTIST IN RESIDENCE FIRST BRIDGET HILLEBRAND.
Our Eco Tourism mentor and tireless birdlife mentor Skipper Pete can take you in his water taxi to visit FLOAT where our current Artist in Residence Bridget Hillebrand will welcome you on board to show you the residency vessel and tell you about her work.
"Working from a deep interest in the ecological conditions of waterways, Bridget will discuss how hydrophone and soundscape recordings gathered from Lake Tyers and local waterways informed the conceptual and material direction of a new series of works on paper."

OPTION 2. START WALKING TO LAKE TYERS HOUSE
Start dawdling with (a local guide) to Lake Tyers House along the lake edge.
We can travel in small walking groups according to which option you choose first.

LAKE TYERS HOUSE
Arrive at Lake Tyers House any time .. and settle in for the day /dinner/sleep-over.
‘Lake Tyers House was built in 1886 as a guest house, attracting nature lovers from far and wide. The owners invite us to share the isolated beauty of this special place.’ Sue Goding.

The afternoon’s art + conversation is led by Green Studio (Callan + Lindsay). Local Architects / designers / woodworkers. A conversation among us all about making ephemeral homes in wild locations.

Dinner is curated and delivered by Josephine Jakobi and Green Studio. We camp on the lawn alongside the verandah. Erect your own tents. Staying in the Guest House is an option if you’d like to know more about that please email us.

Sarah Carlisle/Venture Out will join us in the evening with her fleet of kayaks (she will camp-over) planning for an early start on Tuesday. (Dawn - 7am)

Note:
All workshops, dinners and outdoor activities are ticketed. So you will need to have purchased a ticket in advance.
BOOK HERE.
Email: Andrea Lane if you need to get more information or an invoice by email. 0428 984 682

DAY 3. TUESDAY 17 MARCH
Lake Tyers House to Nowa Nowa (kayak + pontoon / water taxi + walk options) (24km)

Tuesday dawn departure for kayakers. Venture Out will provide the gear and lead the paddle. BOOK HERE.

Up at Dawn for an early start. Depart by 7am.
We will stop in a few places along the way. Iron Barks, Devil’s Hole and Rules Point. We can stop for as long as we want at Rules Point (BYO lunch - it is a very cool place - and we’ve booked it for a stop-over.)
Lunch and snacks en route. We’ll bring a bunch of Brew Bar vegetarian wraps and Anli Vuong’s perfect handmade cookies to share. (But feel free to bring your own extra treats if you need them).

The Tav’s Groovy Pontoon and Skipper Pete’s Water Taxi will bring up the rear for anyone who needs a rest, a tow, or a lift en route. It’s good to know that kayaks could be towed home if need be - but we encourage everyone to enjoy the journey for as long and slow as they can.

Arrive at Mingling Waters and flop for a bit … or for as long as you like.
Mingling Waters is a gorgeous venue and we have cabins and glamps and BYO tent campsites too. Next job is to allocate them to all the right people.

If you want to join us - we need to book you a seat for dinner + accommodation if you need it.
At this stage we have room for a couple of cabin bookings - including guests who drive from other places to stay with us for a night of exquisite starry skies, a few words of prose from our favourite story teller - Bert Spinks - and maybe a tune from fellow paddler/poet - Niq Reefman.

Dinner is being created by the equally fabulous Rinaldo Antico @ Gro Wilde.
We will need your booking soon if you plan to come for dinner. You KNOW you love his style.
BYO DRINKS.
BOOK HERE.

DAY 4. WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
NOWA NOWA TO ORBOST - WITH EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE GEOMORPHOLOGIST - ERIC SJERP

$25 FOR THE RIDE (BYO BIKE) - EXTRA FEES FOR PUSH BIKE OR E-BIKE HIRE. BOOK HERE
YOU CAN ALSO BOOK FOR A DINNER AT ORBOST.
SHARED AT ORBOST ART CENTRE + WILDERNESS COAST ARTISTS @ RAINFOREST CENTRE
+ PLAN TO CAMP AT CORRINGLE SLIPS

9AM-10AM DEPART FROM MINGLING WATERS.

Travel slowly enough to notice. Join us for a gentle journey along the East Gippsland Rail Trail, riding from Nowa Nowa to Orbost through forests, river country and open skies.

Guided by (coolest, funnest) local scientist, geomorphologist and devoted bike wanderer Eric Sjerp, this ride invites you to experience this changing and unique landscape as we encounter it.

We will move at a conversational pace, stopping often. Expect stories of landforms and waterways, moments to linger, and the quiet pleasure of travelling under your own power.

Bring your own bike, or hire one through our friends at Snowy River Cycle (via us: BOOK HERE.)
$25 for the guided ride. ( BYO bike for no extra cost - just the $25)
Plus bike hire: $50 standard bike $100 e-bike

BOOK HERE

AFTER THE RIDE

Once we’ve arrived in Orbost we head for the Orbost Art Centre. Gorgeous Gallery (and a shared lunch with the team is a great fundraiser for Far East artists.)

At 3pm we’ll walk over to the Rainforest Centre to visit the Wilderness Coast Artists who have a plans to inspire us with a bit of hands-on art making while we chat. We’ll share more dinner and hear the story of this pioneering community space.

From Orbost, you may drift back to Nowa Nowa on the 2:08pm V Line bus, or continue the evening with fellow travellers.

After Orbost visits, FLANEURS travel (by included bus) to Corringle Slips to camp beside the Snowy Estuary, sleeping beneath wide skies with tents provided.

DAY 5. THURSDAY 19 MARCH
CORRINGLE CREATORS weaving workshop + walk. (4 hours or so)
Then paddle across the Snowy River to Marlo + bus on to West Cape

Corringle Creators celebrating fifth-generation Aboriginal weaving traditions. Proudly community-made.

Today we wake up on camp to explore this beautiful place. Truly - check it out. CORRINGLE FORESHORE RESERVE
Self-serve breakfast (no shops here) but a great campsite and the CORRINGLE CREATORS - Susan + Kylie - waiting to welcome us.
We are also chuffed to have Alice Pepper (local Aboriginal artist and fab FLOAT mentor) joining us on our whole Far East Flaneur.
Friend of the Corringle Creators and FLOAT, Alice joined the Flaneur initially to enjoy the journey - but as the conversation has evolved - to also to work with us, to inspire the collaboration we all know the world needs right now.

FROM 10am we’ll spend a long morning + lunch, weaving, walking and talking on the Corringle shore.
When the time and tide is right we team up with Paul Nicholl @ Gippsland Recreation Outdoors - GRO to paddle across the Snowy River together. Not a looong nor hard paddle - but an iconic Far East experience with the local experts.

3PM Arrive in Marlo - have a coffee at the Local Metung or the Marlo Bait + Tackle Cafe - pick up supplies then head to West Cape Cabins for some gentle (walking art) R+R.

DAY 6. FRIDAY 20 MARCH
Flop at West Cape. Walk the Yeerung. Fishlife x FLanear

Lots to do all day. (or FLOP if we want)

SONIC REFLECTIONS (with Nele Jungenkrüger & Sasha Kruse)
What sound does a memory of a journey carry?
Near the end of the Far East Flaneur experience, this activity offers a moment to pause and reflect on the paths walked, moments noticed and feelings that surfaced along the way.

Through a short writing exercise participants gather small fragments of their experiences and translate them into simple sounds using voice, breath, body or found objects. Written reflections may remain private, and anything shared may optionally be recorded.
These sonic gestures enter a shared pool of audio from which a soundscape will be improvised.

While others relax (and others set the scene and think about food and chat or walk the Yeerung) we are thrilled to have our most recent FLOAT AIR Iona Julian-Walters visiting with their team of fellow artists - Scarlet + Richard - to share a workshop they have hatched together: Fishlife x FLanear.
’Delivered in a relaxed space on the West Cape property. It’s a workshop of paper or cloth cyanotypes with a combination of found natural materials (if people want to collect during their walks that would be amazing) and drawing with a focus on "watery place.’ It'll be a nice and welcoming and curious space, not driven by stress or outcome!

We’ll decide what to do - where and when - over the following days - as we let nature take its course :-)

FERAL MBAs arrive at West Cape Cabins

Today is also the day that our 2026 Feral MBAs arrive back in Far East Gippsland for their final weekend of the FMBA, and to deliver their own art/biz presentations. (A closed workshop for Ferals only).
(But there’s plenty of room out here for non-Feral guests to get lost / go walking / sleeping)

On Friday night - we all chip in and cook and prep and clean up together. So tonight - we mingle and relax.

DAY 7. SATURDAY 21 MARCH

FROTH PARTY @ DUNETOWN
SAILOR’S GRAVE BREWING @ DUNETOWN

Today is a busy day for Feral MBA participants gathered at West Cape Cabins - they’ll be brainstorming in the nicest space at West Cape - listening and delivering their art / biz plan ideas.
They’ll be there all day - celebrating their ideas and the amazing FMBA camaraderie.

The rest of us can do as we please.
Most importantly we have an invitation from the SNOWY RIVER LEADERSHIP CAMPUS to come for lunch - just down the road to meet their students and staff and discover the most amazing curriculum you’ll ever want to hear about. Maybe we can walk there?

LATE AFTERNOON / EVENING

We’ll ALL head to Sailor’s Grave Brewing, DUNETOWN, just down the road - for dinner at 5ish.
You need to BOOK your dinner so they know YOU are coming. BOOK HERE FOR DUNETOWN IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW NUMBERS

At 6ish we start our FROTH (storytelling) session. It’s like the MOTH. but with added beer - in the country.

If you love The Moth, and love to tell an authentic story yourself, you will love this. Maybe start thinking about what it might be. We’d love to find a bunch of quirky and diverse storytellers - we have some beauties already planning to come.

DAY 8. SUNDAY 22 MARCH.
FAREWELL

Thanks to everyone who has shown so much interest and love and support for this fairly ambitious art + nature journey. Led by community and artists and nature lovers.
Yes - it’s an experiment. An arts pilot. A reccy. But we seriously hope it will become a well-worn path among creative and regenerative folk who like to walk, and find good company and good nature along the way. This trip is full of makers, designers, listeners, and casual observers.

The crew is AMAZING - you will love discovering everyone who has signed up for this adventure.
But definitely an experiment. We hope we’ve got it right. We will be taking loads of photos + audio gatherings. And plan to share them as soon as we’re home. We hope you’ll all help make this Far East Gippsland destination a tiny bit famous.
Oh and all of our 2026 Feral MBA folk will be here too!