Day 5 Monday 20/12/21 Chiltern, sunny 25˚ Rather than join the highway traffic we take the back road into Albury. We stroll the full length of Dean Street and back. Gosh it’s a long street. There are some superb buildings … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 5
Day 4 Sunday 19/12/21, Chiltern, Wet 28˚ 49mm of rain That was a roaster! It was a shocker of a night. With every window and hatch open we toss and turn under a sheet. What breeze there is, rattles the door roller blind banging the tablecloth weights with a clatter. Tablecloth weights? Yep, they work really well to keep the blind in place. Thunder booms and half asleep and naked I close the 4 roof hatches and the windows on the weather side before falling back into bed and waiting for the heavy plops. Disappointingly, there’s only enough to lower … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 4
Day 3 Saturday 18/12/21, Chiltern, hot 38˚ It’s almost too warm to have breakfast outside, Woody is eating his under a shady elm. It’s a short drive over to Rutherglen, about 17Kms and we can’t believe how quiet the town … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas, Day 3
Day 2 Friday 17/12/21, Chiltern, Sunny hot 32 I lie in bed thinking of all the night noises we hear in the van; the soft mopoke calls, the bloodcurdling scream of curlews, gurgles of rivers, surf crashing on beaches, the … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 2
Christmas has been many things to us over the years and at one time I’m quite sure that Christmas was spelt QANTAS. I do know that we did a lot to improve the airline’s bottom line at the most expensive … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 1
New Year’s morning in Melbourne with the temperature already approaching 30c at 8:00am what does one do? Wander down to the beach, breathe in the salty air and contemplate the New Year. On Port Phillip bay when the weather is … Continue reading New Year’s Day in Melbourne
‘Tis the season to be jolly, so may I wish you all a jolly good festive season and the hope that we all have a healthy New Year. I have chosen this pic from the little Central Victorian town of … Continue reading Season’s Greetings to all
Day 10, Thursday 2nd December 2021, Euroa to Home, hot 32 We didn’t get much rain last night, by 10:00pm we were opening the hatches again to cool things down. This morning though is delightful, everything is green and sparkly and the little creek is a mirror. We take the Euroa Merton Road through the Strathbogie Ranges and down into Yea where we catch up with Toothless and his Missus again. Woody buys a couple of new shirts (as you do) and we head for home through picture-perfect green rolling hills and dairy farms. This year is wetter than most. … Continue reading Tocumwal, Day 10 – Euroa to Home
Day 9, Wednesday 1st December 2021, Lower Moira to Euroa, humid 30 Silicon the convincer, convinces us to take the scenic route along the Murray into Echuca before heading south to Euroa. “Just turn right and right again and pick … Continue reading Tocumwal, Day 9 – Euroa and a few lessons in renovation & restoration
Day 8, Tuesday 30th November 2021, Tocumwal to Lower Moira, hot 31 S tells us that there’s been an owl perched on our TV aerial every night. Thanks S, but if I’d known I might have popped out to chat … Continue reading Tocumwal, Day 8 – Serenity in The Bahamas
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