Dando’s campground. From the hamlet of Gellibrand in the Otway Ranges the road corkscrews downwards to the Gellibrand River and a plantation of tall trees. There is plenty of room to camp and fire pits are provided. If I recall … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Western District, Vic (Inland & Lakes)
Victoria’s Western District is set on an ancient volcanic plain, so old that the volcanoes are now mere pimples on the landscape. Amongst those ‘pimples’ there are many lakes and solid townships built from basalt blocks. The same basalt that … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Western District, Vic (Shipwreck Coast)
Our club muster dinner was at a busy and bustling hotel in a Victorian Western District town. The meals were delicious and large. We all ate well especially Jack who ordered Pork Belly, the waitress called out “Jack” and served him a Pork Roast. Jack tucked into his dinner with gusto. A few minutes later she returned and called out “Jack, Pork Belly”. We all looked up and Jack realized that he had been eating someone else’s meal. Don then owned up to having ordered the Pork Roast. Brandishing the roast the waitress proudly announced “he only had a couple … Continue reading He didn’t each much
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