Day 14 Sunday 29/11/20 Terang to Home, wet With dreary weather we decide to head for home early to beat the West Gate Bridge and tunnel roadworks traffic. Travelling Kms: 262Kms Summary 1069Kms Fuel: $164.65, avg $11.76 per day … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 14 – Time to pack up
Day 13 Saturday 28/11/20 Terang, Wet A muggy, drizzly day which I’m sure the caravan park gardener is happy about. Impressed by the homes, we drive around town and walk the shops picking up a pie for lunch. This is … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 13 – Curdies River
Gosh it’s an interesting drive down to Mortlake. There are sheep and wheat paddocks, little volcanoes and charming homesteads. We stop for a walk around this historic town of bluestone buildings and rose gardens and on El Prado’s insistence we … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 12 – Lake Bolac to Terang
Day 11 Thursday 26/11/20 Lake Bolac, windy 22 We have a slow start this morning as it’s cold and windy. A caravan parks near VeeWee and later in the day they and she, realise that they’re her neighbours a few … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 11 – Crop Dusters and Hay Rakes
Day 9 Tuesday 24/11/20 Cavendish, part cloud 23 It’s nice to have a very long sleep in, there’s no hurry, the air is fresh with eucalyptus and we’re breakfasting, reading papers and slurping coffee in a circle around the unlit … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 9 – The Cavendish of old
Day 8 Monday 23/11/20 Port Fairy to Cavendish, cloudy 20 It’s a pleasant winding drive up the hills to Hamilton past a volcanic crater or two, large grazier’s homesteads and sheep, plenty of sheep. We stock up in the busy … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 8 – North to Cavendish
Days 5 – 7, 20 – 22/11/20 Port Fairy – The Crags There’s so much to see and do around Port Fairy and one place that we hadn’t visited is The Crags, a natural rocky outcrop just 10kms to the … Continue reading The Western Districts, Days 5 – 7 – The Crags
Day 4 Thursday 19/11/20 Meredith Park to Port Fairy, hot 35 Following the Princes Highway and miles of drystone walls we stop for a walk around Camperdown. With its wide avenue of trees, grand solid buildings of a bygone era … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 4 – Stretching our legs in Camperdown
Day 3 Wednesday 18/11/20 Meredith Park, high 20’s It’s a glorious morning. The wind has dropped out, the lake is calm and powder blue. The fishermen camped near us have caught more fish and they really do look like ironing … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 3 – Takin’ it slow
Day 2 Tuesday 17/11/20 Winchelsea to Meredith Park, Still Windy 19 We’re woken by the bloody corellas stirring. It’s a short drive to Colac. We need to buy a new tidy bin as one of us has accidentally thrown ours … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 2 – Ironing fish
