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Friday 26 May 2017

May Trip to Victoria

May Trip to Victoria

Tuesday 9th Day1
Was a great day for driving....blue sky ...no head wind.
First stop was Lameroo CP ...but after looking at the time (mid morning) we desided to travel on.
Second stop was Walpeup... but it was crowded...so we moved on yet again...heading south from there we ended up at Green Lake south of Sea Lake..been here so many times...pressure pump was fixed so we decided to stay a few days




Wednesday 10th Day2
Today we tried out our new Weber Baby Q ....Taco for breakfast ...roast chicken for dinner
Thursday 11th Day3
While walking around the lake...Rosie tripped over falling on her camera..hurting her upper lip..
Tonight was Weber cooking again with sausage rolls for dinner..eating them by camp fire
Friday 12th Day4
Moved on today.....dropped in on Lindsay at Berriwillock...then to Wycheproof to get 2 famous pies for lunch....then through Charlton to Skinners Flat before Wedderburn...where we made camp by the now full reservoir...campfire tonight
 
Saturday 13th Day5
Rosie tried to walk around the now lake but was blocked by the water over the track...campfire tonight
Sunday 14th Day6
We moved on today to Brim....been here so many times before

 
Monday 15th Day7
Spend day watching vans leave...more arriving..so many
Tuesday 16th Day8
same as other days...more leaving more taking their place...chatting to new arrivals

Wednesday 17th Day9
Same again........boring actually.....worst is the modem we use to get online internet seems to be dying
Thursday 18th Day10
All week we been waiting for rain......yep.....we went to Pub for dinner only to have it pour down all night......woke around midnight to see about 2" of water through our annex.........

Friday 19th Day11
Wet...wet.....foggy morning till late afternoon..trying to dry out the annex area

Saturday 20th Day12
Foggy again....annex walls are dry........packed them away...awning closed things not needed were put away.....leaving tomorrow

Sunday 21st Day13
Where to go......headed to Dimboola...then had a look at Serviceton...to slopey...an a busy body care taker......so onward...to Wolseley...to look at the WW2 fuel dumps
...then of all places Western Flat...about 30klms south of Bordertown ..60klms north of Naracoorte...arrived to see young ones packing up after a 250 people party the night before....we parked corner of the pines at the rear


Monday 22nd Day14
I dug out the flat pack fire pit...and Rosie cooked a pork roast in the campoven for dinner...wouldnt you know it....yep its raining...how the fire kept going was a miracle...had enough...we are going home tomorrow
Tuesday 23rd Day15
Early start.........fog most of the trip home...home by 12:30pm

Might not get away now till August.........we will see

ps: the modem had died.....Telstra replaced it as well as an antanna and a car kit and a battery to charge phone, tablets etc....for FREE!!

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