Benalla, Central Victoria I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve stayed at Doc and Cath’s farm stay at Broken Creek. It’s so handy being only 9kms or so from Benalla and the Hume Freeway. And so peaceful, like … Continue reading Benalla & Broken Creek
Longwood, Vic One of the nice things about sketching is the sense of place that it creates. Whether plein-air (or urban sketching) where one seems to be reminded of the feel and sound of a place when looking at a … Continue reading Recalling Longwood
Day 7 Saturday 25/03/2023 Broken Creek to Home After a coffee in the sun in the camp kitchen we head for home, I’m feeling much better, and we have yet another funeral to go to on Monday. On our way up here the Malfunction Indicator Light came on when we were driving on the flat. Which was unusual because it usually gives trouble on steep hills or undulating terrain. As soon as we unhitch it goes out. We’re not far south of Benalla when the tyre pressure indicator light comes on. We pull up and all tyres look fine. At … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Flash, flash & groan
Day 6 Friday 24/03/2023 Broken Creek, mostly fine Most of the crew leave for home and other explorations except for 3 vans. I’m not really up to the drive home and happy to just take it easy. We have happy … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Taking it easy
Day 5 Thursday 23/03/2023 Broken Creek, warm & stormy Lunch today is at the nearby Goorambat Pub just a few k’s away. I’ve now lost my voice and still feel tired and snuffly. With everyone going to the pub, I crawl back under the covers in an effort to sleep it off. I’m warm as toast and quickly nod off. Then the phone rings, it’s I & S (not Legless and his good wife but the other I & S) they’re lost again and have gone to the wrong pub. “They’re at the Goorambat” I whisper. I think it’s time … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Send her down Huey
Day 4 Wednesday 22/03/2023 Broken Creek Last night Pyjama Girl wandered off to bed early to nurse her cold and I wasn’t far behind. Woody woke in the night with cramps again and heaven forbid that anyone heard the moaning … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Night Noises & Skeletons
Day 3 Tuesday 21/3/2023 Broken Creek, storms 25˚ I see it’s a nice morning as I drop the blind and come face to face with a sheep outside the window. We’ve already plugged the espresso in at the camp kitchen … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – An Italian Night & an Interrogation
Day 2 Monday 20/03/2023 Longwood to Broken Creek, cloudy warm 29˚ We did a really good job of keeping ourselves awake coughing last night until the cough mixture finally knocked us out. At least we get a sleep-in this morning … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Ah, we’re there
Day 1 Sunday 19/3/2023 Home to Longwood, cloudy 25 We leave a little later than normal as it seems that I’ve caught the cold that Woody is in the last stages of. I doubt that we’ve had a decent night’s sleep in a week thanks to his coughing and leg cramps. But we should feel much better when we get to the drier climate north of The Divide (The Great Dividing Range north of which the climate is always warmer and drier). There’s a Fun Run through the city today, so we begrudgingly take Eastlink and on through Heidelberg and … Continue reading Coughin’ Off to Broken Creek – Longwood
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