Day 4 Wednesday 18/12/2024 Tooleybuc to Euston 30◦ I’m always amused at the names of the places around us and today it’s Wee Wee Rup, Goodnight and Bumbang Island. By the time we turned out the lights last night there … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Euston, we haven’t a problem
Day 3 Tuesday 17/12/2024 Cohuna – Tooleybuc 23 – 30 Phew, that was a hot one! But we did manage to sleep well after 11:00pm. It isn’t much of a park being more of a fisherman’s camp with a lot … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Hooley Dooley it’s Tooley
Day 2 Monday 16/12/24 Vaughan Springs to Cohuna, Hot 21 – (expected top 46) Although it was a very hot night we slept well and woke to pink clouds overhead. It is expected to be in the 40’s today, so … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – A hot one
Day 1 Sunday 15/12/2024, Home to Vaughan Springs. 27◦ Pleasant to 34◦ Getting warm Our Xmas tradition is to celebrate early then spend the Xmas break in a Victorian country town. We take the Monash and Calder highways and have … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Just a Sunday Drive Really
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Day 12 Thursday 28/11/2024 Rochester to Home We’re greeted with a bright sunny morning, no rain, and no humidity. We say our goodbyes and hit the road south through the Heathcote vineyards. There are several large dead kangaroos on the road. From Heathcote we take the Redesdale Road crossing the old iron bridge again. At Kyneton we stop to stretch our legs and to Woody’s pleasure finally visit the Grist Bakery but not before visiting the public toilets opposite. And I must say that there’s a lot to be said for using our own toilet on the caravan, because…I push … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Slip Sliding Away
Day 11 Wednesday 27/11/2024 Rochester, 17 – 28 with 15mm of rain, wet and humid We had another hot night. It began raining in the wee hours and once again I’m up in a flash closing the roof hatches. With … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – The Red Bridge and spilt milk
Day 10 Tuesday 26/11/2024 Rochester, warm 17 – 29 It’s another pleasant morning for wandering about and chatting. Oh, how we miss that when it rains. Reg and The Clippie drive into Echuca to see what’s going on, while the rest of us drive down to Colbinabbin ostensibly to see the silos. With the ‘Bridesmaid’ in the back and far too much chatter going on we miss our turn off and end up doing a longish tour of the district, but it doesn’t matter the wheat looks superb and the sheep are cute. By the time we arrive in Colbo … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Colbo
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 … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – It’s Rain Dear
Day 8 Sunday 24/11/2024 Rochester 19 – 24 Wet Once again, we sleep soundly through a hot night and the rain begins around 7:00am. Nothing ferocious, just gentle soaking rain to soften the earth. The rest of the crew wander off to the local museum and return raving about how interesting it is. Because it will be closing at 4:00 this afternoon and won’t open again until Thursday we get our skates on and dash over there. Situated in the rooms of the old railway station building, one side is dedicated to local born champion of endurance cycling Sir Hubert … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Sporting Greats
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