May 2024 – St Arnaud, Vic At the beginning of the gold rush the gold found was alluvial and the work would have been back breaking. Panning, sluicing and digging with picks and shovels in country that was naturally dry … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Before We Move On
Day 3 Sunday 5/5/2024 St Arnaud, blue skies 7 – 21 While Woody walks, VeeWee and I drive out to Carapooee to see the pebble church that was built by my great grandfather and the other farmers and miners of … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – All Out of Love
Day 2 Saturday 4/5/2024 Avoca to St. Arnaud, light cloud 6 – 20 It was 6 degrees overnight and quite mild. The drive up to St. Arnaud is through pleasant sheep country which merges into hungry, dry gold country. VeeWee … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Build it and they will come
May 2024 Day 1 Friday 3/5/2024 Home (Mornington Peninsula) to Avoca, sunny 11 here, 18 there With a couple of weeks to spare between medical appointments, we decide that there’s no need to sit at home looking at the calendar when the autumn weather is so mild and perfect for caravanning. Yep, we need some country air and it’s time to hitch up albeit briefly. We take the Mornington Peninsula freeway up to South Rd, then follow the bay along Beach Rd to the Westgate Bridge. The morning is gradually warming. What seemed to be never-ending tunnel works on the … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Break it up fellas!
I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that this really got my goat … Continue reading Getting an Education – Qld Pubs & Gastrology, sorry, Gastronomy
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