Day 9 Friday 24/12/21 Chiltern, low 30’s An early morning walk around town is rewarding as businesses are coming to life for the day. It’s nice to get a quick glimpse of the street devoid of cars as it once … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 9 – Christmas Eve
Day 8 Thursday 23/12/21 Chiltern, Warm 32 It’s a quiet day of reading and walks. We learn on the park grapevine that someone’s kids over on the unpowered lawn area have killed a rabbit and their Gran is about ready … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 8 – In a stew over rabbit
Day 7 Wednesday 22/12/21 Chiltern, Warm 31 You really can’t go past bacon & eggs for breakfast made with the bacon we bought in Albury. P & K next door aren’t touring the area as their motorhome is all set … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 7
Day 6 Tuesday 21/12/21 Chiltern, Warm 31 We take the Hume Highway down to Wangaratta. I drop Woody off to do a bit of power walking while I visit my cousins for a bit of power talking. Afterwards, it’s off along the Great Alpine Way beyond Myrtleford to the Happy Valley Pub. So many times we’ve rounded this bend crossed the creek and said “Wow, that looks like a great pub we must drop in sometime”. Now we’ve got time to do it. The Ovens Valley, as always, is resplendent. Tall poplars, mighty shade trees, vineyards, quirky corrugated iron tobacco … Continue reading A Chiltern Christmas – Day 6
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
‘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
