Renmark Round Trip – Sketches of Dimboola
Dimboola, Vic How could you not be captivated by a country town that is so quirky that it builds a park in honour of a lost pub? Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Sketches of Dimboola
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Renmark Round Trip – Do you want the chops as well?
Day 14 Thursday 16/5/2024 Horsham, warm 21 Making the most of the weather we both spend the day walking and I get a few sketches done down by the river. While we’re puddling about the Cardiology folk ring. Lucky we’re … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Do you want the chops as well?
Renmark Round Trip – Horsham
Day 13 Wednesday 15/5/2024 Dimboola to Horsham, sunny It’s a very, very short drive to Horsham. Checking into the Horsham Riverside Caravan Park 11 minutes before the check in time of 10:00am the lady behind the desk is not happy. … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Horsham
Renmark Round Trip – A meeting of cultures
Day 12 Tuesday 14/5/2024 Dimboola, sunny 17 We have a lazy morning. Which to us is a leisurely breakfast each in our favourite seats, Woody reading the newspaper online and me reading a few blogs (to get the real perspective … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – A meeting of cultures
Renmark Round Trip – Mundulla to Dimboola
Day 11 Monday 13/5/2024 Mundulla to Dimboola, fog then 18 We have a late start but it’s only about 10kms back to the highway at Bordertown. Woody complains when we lose another half hour at the state border time zone … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Mundulla to Dimboola
Renmark Round Trip – Red Cliffs
Day 5 Tuesday 7/5/2024 Lake Tyrrell to Red Cliffs, sunny VeeWee wakes us up, knocking on the door at 6:30 because the sun is rising. An orange band across that salty eastern horizon. Struggling into clothes that will soon be … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Red Cliffs
Renmark Round Trip – Old Salts Captivated by Colour
Day 4 Monday 6/5/2024 St Arnaud to Lake Tyrrell, sapphire sky 22 The recommended tyre service garage can’t look at the Iveco at present but the RACV mechanic from Charlton drives down and gives the old girl the thumbs up. … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Old Salts Captivated by Colour
Renmark Round Trip – Before We Move On
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
Renmark Round Trip – All Out of Love
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
Renmark Round Trip – Build it and they will come
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
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