Day 9 Monday 25/11/2024 Rochester, rain 18 – 23

Still raining. Woody needs a blood test, so with Elle in the back we zip into Echuca (the ‘big smoke’ around here) for a coffee and some shopping. At least, being a Monday it’s easy to get a park in this popular tourist town.

We spend the afternoon chatting and watching ‘Reg’ and ‘The Clippie’ decorating their rig with all things that light up. However, the blow-up reindeer are a bit of a fizzer as a mere hint of sunshine causes them to burst. They lie squished on the lawn like oversized prophylactics.

As the rain moves on, the bush glows with that just washed freshness, and that wonderful aroma called petrichor, thanks Google and Wikipedia, I’d rather not have known that it was bacteria and viruses being released from the dampened soil.

Dinner is sausages on the BBQ with pie maker rice, mushroom, pea, cheese and egg thingies that taste delicious.

Accom: $40.15, Fuel: $49.93