Day 11 Wednesday 27/11/2024 Rochester, 17 – 28 with 15mm of rain, wet and humid We had another hot night. It began raining in the wee hours and once again I’m up in a flash closing the roof hatches. With … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – The Red Bridge and spilt milk
Day 10 Tuesday 26/11/2024 Rochester, warm 17 – 29 It’s another pleasant morning for wandering about and chatting. Oh, how we miss that when it rains. Reg and The Clippie drive into Echuca to see what’s going on, while the rest of us drive down to Colbinabbin ostensibly to see the silos. With the ‘Bridesmaid’ in the back and far too much chatter going on we miss our turn off and end up doing a longish tour of the district, but it doesn’t matter the wheat looks superb and the sheep are cute. By the time we arrive in Colbo … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Colbo
Day 9 Monday 25/11/2024 Rochester, rain 18 – 23 Still raining. Woody needs a blood test, so with Elle in the back we zip into Echuca (the ‘big smoke’ around here) for a coffee and some shopping. At least, being a Monday it’s easy to get a park in this popular tourist town. We spend the afternoon chatting and watching ‘Reg’ and ‘The Clippie’ decorating their rig with all things that light up. However, the blow-up reindeer are a bit of a fizzer as a mere hint of sunshine causes them to burst. They lie squished on the lawn like … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – It’s Rain Dear
Day 8 Sunday 24/11/2024 Rochester 19 – 24 Wet Once again, we sleep soundly through a hot night and the rain begins around 7:00am. Nothing ferocious, just gentle soaking rain to soften the earth. The rest of the crew wander off to the local museum and return raving about how interesting it is. Because it will be closing at 4:00 this afternoon and won’t open again until Thursday we get our skates on and dash over there. Situated in the rooms of the old railway station building, one side is dedicated to local born champion of endurance cycling Sir Hubert … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Sporting Greats
Day 6 Friday 22/11/2024 Rochester, 15 – 36 Hot It was a pleasantly warm night with most of the windows and even the door open. It’s already 26 degrees at breakfast. The town fire siren goes off, there must be … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Keeping our cool
Day 5 Thursday 21/11/2024 Ayson’s to Rochester, 11 – 33 On the way to the loo this morning I’m greeted with a perky “Hullo!” from Jack the cockie. For the first time this season we had a roof hatch open … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – The far reaches of politics
Apr 2024, Rochester, Vic A few glimpses of our week in Rochester, the grand old buildings, the iron water tower from the banks of the river, and the everyday view from our window of a guy taking his rubbish down … Continue reading Sketches of Rochester
Day 8 Saturday 24/2/2024 Rochester, sunny cool breeze 29˚ The Rochy Show has cranked up again and as we walk over we are surprised to see that it’s even busier than last night. In the livestock sheds a well-endowed billy … Continue reading Hello Rochy – Show n Shine
Day 7 Friday 23/2/2024 Rochester, sunny 26˚ No two days are ever the same when you’re in a caravan. We drive over to Kyabram to see the silo art by Jimmy DVate. The works are on a large squat water … Continue reading Hello Rochy – Hooroo & a hoofing heifer!
Day 6 Thursday 22/2/2024 Rochester, hot 38˚ It was another hot night and a warm morning. To get us out of the van we drive into Echuca for lunch at the Old Post Office café. The air con is nice. Thinking that a drive to Torrumbarry Weir on the Murray River would be a good idea in this heat, we set off with me behind the wheel and Woody navigating. Of course, the VW navigation leaves a lot to be desired and Woody refusing to use Google Maps (his excuse being that it’s more fun to get lost) we never … Continue reading Hello Rochy – You call this fun?
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