Day 13 Saturday 28/11/20 Terang, Wet A muggy, drizzly day which I’m sure the caravan park gardener is happy about. Impressed by the homes, we drive around town and walk the shops picking up a pie for lunch. This is … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 13 – Curdies River
Gosh it’s an interesting drive down to Mortlake. There are sheep and wheat paddocks, little volcanoes and charming homesteads. We stop for a walk around this historic town of bluestone buildings and rose gardens and on El Prado’s insistence we … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 12 – Lake Bolac to Terang
Day 11 Thursday 26/11/20 Lake Bolac, windy 22 We have a slow start this morning as it’s cold and windy. A caravan parks near VeeWee and later in the day they and she, realise that they’re her neighbours a few … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 11 – Crop Dusters and Hay Rakes
Day 9 Tuesday 24/11/20 Cavendish, part cloud 23 It’s nice to have a very long sleep in, there’s no hurry, the air is fresh with eucalyptus and we’re breakfasting, reading papers and slurping coffee in a circle around the unlit … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 9 – The Cavendish of old
Day 8 Monday 23/11/20 Port Fairy to Cavendish, cloudy 20 It’s a pleasant winding drive up the hills to Hamilton past a volcanic crater or two, large grazier’s homesteads and sheep, plenty of sheep. We stock up in the busy … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 8 – North to Cavendish
Day 2 Tuesday 17/11/20 Winchelsea to Meredith Park, Still Windy 19 We’re woken by the bloody corellas stirring. It’s a short drive to Colac. We need to buy a new tidy bin as one of us has accidentally thrown ours … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 2 – Ironing fish
As Covid still rages throughout the world I’ll take you on another armchair journey, this time through the volcanic plains of Victoria’s Western District. There are over 400 volcanoes dotted through this area, though to the untrained eye they are … Continue reading The Western Districts, Day 1 – Winchelsea
It sounds simple doesn’t it, but now we realise that we’ve gone 3½ times around the equator. In these Covid times I know a lot of people are thinking about caravanning and whether it is a travel option for them … Continue reading Let’s go caravanning!
Day 108 Saturday 20th Sept 2014 Deniliquin to Melbourne It was a cold night and we wake to the sound of corellas. Now it is icy cold and there is a clear blue sky. A perfect day for a drive … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 108 – How ironic, if you wanna rock n roll
Day 107 Friday 19th Sept 2014 Griffith to Deniliquin It is a magnificent morning, clear, bright and icy cold. Our park neighbours sit outside eating breakfast and feeding the park rabbit. Are they mad? It’s nine degrees. Along the roadsides … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 107 – The Conargo Pub
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