Day 5 Thursday 17/2/22 Heyfield to Marlo, misty rain 21 It was a very wet night which meant that after yesterday’s warmth the van was hot. We wake to light rain and a much cooler morning. We strike more roadworks … Continue reading A Marlo Muster and a check-in like no other
Day 4 Wednesday 16/2/22 Heyfield, warm 31 before a thunderstorm Everyone else goes off early morning walking, how nice it is to have a peaceful sleep in. After breakfast we venture off again this time to buy toilet chemical. Caravanning … Continue reading A Marlo Muster – Doing circle work
Day 3 Tuesday 15/2/22 Kilcunda to Heyfield, pleasant and warm We had a cooler night with a salty sea breeze. I grab a last look at the ocean and spy a young family just out of their tent. They’ve moved … Continue reading A Marlo Muster, One must never assume
Day 2 Monday 14/2/22 Kilcunda, sunny 28 I fly out of bed to catch the dawn, but it is a little grey and overcast. I lock eyes with a rabbit then we both duck back to bed. The cloud melts … Continue reading A Marlo Muster – lost in another world
Day 1 Sunday 13/2/22 Home to Kilcunda, hot north wind 33 It feels like a bonus to be travelling east and not have to drive through the city. This time we’re taking the slow route to East Gippsland for a … Continue reading A Marlo Muster – Kilcunda
Feb 2022, Chewton, Vic Situated on the Pyrenees Highway, these days Chewton feels a little like a suburb of nearby Castlemaine. Both towns are splendid examples of Victoria’s gold mining past. When gold was discovered in Victoria in 1851 towns … Continue reading Strolling Chewton
Maryborough, Vic A few more photographs of this impressive railway station. Sometimes we visit a town and rush to check out the railway station only to be disappointed. There’ll be little more than a ‘modern’ metal shelter and what may … Continue reading Maryborough Railway Station
Today, I can only quote this one poignant line from the Dorothea Mackellar poem My Country. Our hearts go out to the thousands of families affected by the devastating rains that have lashed South Eastern Queensland and the Northern Rivers area of northern New South Wales. Days of heavy rains have caused unprecedented flooding across the region. If you’ve followed this blog for a while you’ll know that this region of Australia feels like a second home to us. We visit every winter and bask in its mild winter climate. Yet many is the time that we look in horror … Continue reading Of droughts and flooding rains…
Maryborough, Vic, Feb 2022 Erected in 1905 to celebrate the town’s golden jubilee this ornate band rotunda stands in Princes Park, Maryborough, Vic. The particularly ornate cast ironwork caught my eye and is recorded as being Late Victorian style. It’s … Continue reading Maryborough Golden Jubilee Band Rotunda
Day 10 Wednesday 9/2/22 Beaufort to Home, cloudy some rain 25 It’s an overcast morning. We’re up early and say our goodbyes as The Prado’s head home via the backroads and Geelong. We’ll catch up again in a few days. … Continue reading To Great Western and back to the big smoke
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