Day 7, Thursday 27/2/20 Broken Creek, mid 20’s We have breakfast in the camp kitchen again as it is pleasant and sun filled. My shower got a little cool, so afterwards I threw another log in the choofer. That takes … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 7 – Broken Creek
Day 6, Wednesday 26/2/20 Broken Creek, cloudy 24 There are a few more showers overnight and it is a little cooler. The morning is washed clean and bright. The cockies wheel and screech. It’s time to clean off the dust … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 6 – Broken Creek
You can’t miss the Devenish Pub when you visit the painted silos because there’s a mouth watering sign telling you that scones, jam and cream are available at the pub behind you. And the hosts are as welcoming as their … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 5 – Devenish Hotel
Day 5 – On our North East Silo Trail visit we discover Tungamah Lions Park RV stopover. Situated on Boosey Creek at the southern end of town this is a large freedom camp with creek views. Corella Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Tungamah Lions Park
Day 5, Tuesday 25/2/20 Broken Creek, warm 33 The boys drive into Benalla for newspapers. I shoot the sunrise over the sheep paddock. Over by the quarry there are rabbits skittering about and a family of purple swamp hens walking single file and busily chatting to themselves. We carry our coffee machine over to the camp kitchen to use the power and pay Doc an extra $1 privilege. It’s a beautiful morning to eat breakfast in the camp kitchen overlooking the paddocks and to have a little more room to stretch out for a change. We pile into one car … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Day 5 Broken Creek
Day 4, Monday 24/2/20 Vaughan to Broken Creek, overcast 33 A hot night and we slept well, the air smells of dry grass. We leave the others to pack up and we head into Castlemaine. We park beside the gardens and a friendly council worker explains that we qualify to park in the space marked ‘No Parking except for 6 metre vehicles’, it’s right behind the IGA supermarket if you’re interested. Now that’s good to know but at this point in time Woody has just realised that he has lost his car keys and that the car may have been … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Day 4 Vaughan to Broken Creek
Day 2, Saturday 22/2/20 Vaughan Springs, warm This camp is so quiet, yet below us the Springs Reserve is jumping with families having picnics and kids swooshing down the big old metal slide. It’s a perfect day for taking it … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Day 2, Vaughan Springs
Day 3, Sunday 23/2/20 Vaughan Springs, hot about 30 A few camps have left. We wake to the screeching of cockies. There’s no better sound on a hot morning than cockies screeching overhead. We laze about and take things easy and in case you’re wondering, the town of Vaughan is a collection of old miner’s cottages. There are no shops, just the remnants of 19th century mining, a Chinese cemetery and the Mineral Springs reserve. The campground is quite small, but it is quiet and there are toilets and water is available. It is the perfect spot to put your … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Day 3 Vaughan Springs
Background On Christmas Day 2019 we were enjoying the peace and tranquility of the Yackandandah Caravan Park and planning a tour of the Upper Murray area. There was smoke hanging in the air, a legacy of the bushfires around Sydney, … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Vaughan Springs
Feb 2020, Great Ocean Road, Vic Driving homewards on the Great Ocean Road we wonder if we can risk travelling further or not but our decision is made for us when both the yellow and red lights come on again. It’s time to return home for repairs. Continue reading Precarious
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