Ararat, Vic Day 8 Friday 26/12/2025, Boxing Day, cold windy – 18 With the weather as it is, there is no point in free camping on our way home. We hitch up and head off. Once more hay bales are … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Taking the Long Way Home
Ararat, Vic Day 7 Thursday 25/12/2025, Christmas Day Ararat, cold southerly wind 18 At 10:00am we shove the turducken roast in the oven, commenting on how good these things are, not requiring thawing. It’s then that we notice the first … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – An Aldi Christmas
Ararat, Vic Day 6 Wednesday 24/12/2025 Ararat, breezy 10 – 20 To pique our curiosity, we return to Aradale Lunatic Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital) once more. Aradale operated as a psychiatric hospital from 1865 until 1998. This time we hoof … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Are We Mad?
Ararat, Vic Day 5 Tuesday 23/12/2025 Ararat, sunny 10 – 20 Woody does the grocery shopping early before the crowds, then we set off for the Gramps at about 10:30. The tourist town of Halls Gap is in The Grampians … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Busy as a One-Armed Shearer’s Cook
Ararat, Vic Day 4 Monday 22/12/2025 Ararat, sunny 8 – 19 Woody went off for a haircut this morning, come to think of it, we’re both looking a bit shaggy. Lunch done and dusted, we make our way over to … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – An afternoon on the inside
Ararat, Vic Day 3 Sunday 21/12/2025 Ararat, 10 – 20 wet It’s quite a bit cooler today and by mid-morning the rain sets in. Woody drops me off at the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre and heads off for a … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre
Ararat, Vic Day 2 Saturday 20/12/2025 Ararat, clear sunny 12 – 25 We probably had a few too many first night drinks last evening and Woody is prone to suffering ‘first night excitement’ even more so when it’s Bourbon Friday*. … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – First Night Excitement
Ararat, Vic Dec 2025 Day 1 Friday 19/12/2025 Home to Ararat, 25.5 – 32◦ It’s a busy but fast run through the city. At last, there aren’t any roadworks on the western end of the West Gate Bridge now that … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Vegemite & Chrissie Lights
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