Thursday 22nd Day1
Left home 7:35am and headed over the Border staying at Murrayville CP
Friday 23rd Day2
Still here....not too bad a day..got the little webber going tonight..cooked a great pork roast in campoven using heatbeads....actually cooked faster than we expected
Saturday 24th Day3
Left Murrayville around 8am....headed east to Ouyen then south on the Calder Highway...going through Sea Lake we are now camping at Green Lake...the lake is bone dry....still got power and old amenities for $20 night for 2......we are only ones here...apart from people walking their dogs...its not far off highway...you can hear vehicles....might stay couple nights.
Sunday 25th Day4
Still here
Tried metal detecting this morning.....results:
43,937 ring top can bits
2x 20cent coins
2x 10cent coins
1 bathroom tap backing chrome plate
1 lead pencil
1 soda stream gas cylinder
Rosie cooked a chicken in campoven on a fire for dinner tonight
Monday 26th Day5
Hey its my Birthday today
Still here.....might head off tomorrow
More metal detecting today..total
3 tent pegs
1 battery terminal
2x $2 coins
1x 1cent coin
1x 2cent coin
Tuesday 27th Day6
Left Green Lake this morning after a very wet night...still light rain as we were packing up...
Headed down to Berriwillock to find our friends from campertrailer days.Lindsay and Sandra..found them
they were thinking someone with a caravan was lost .big time ....LOL...till we turned up...around 9:30am..stayed till almost mid-day.....then headed down to Wytcheproof....Rosie did some light shopping (bread etc)......then we headed 22klm south and staying now at Lake Wooroonook....its raining and might be rest of the night......tried my luck with metal detector....only got 50cent coin...30mins before had to dash to van from rain...might try again tomorrow...if weather improves
Wednesday 28th Day7
Still here...spent lot of the day M/detecting.....got 3 fishing line sinkers..for my effort...more rain.....had 3 neighbours today.....
Thursday 29th Day8
Left Wooroonook Lake this morning.around 8:45am...headed down to Donald.(55klm)...got fuel.....then headed about 25klm to Lake Batyo Catyo..FREE. getting here about 10am........The Lake is bone dry...and the amenities havent been used for a long time..while clean..they were full of spider webs.and leaf litter and dead insects.....found 1...(out of 24) power pole that still had power.....the MENS & LADIES had power but no lighting...we connected the van and set up for hopefully a couple of relaxing days..tried out the metal detector cause I tripped over a 5cent coin...but after 2 hours I found nothing..Saturday suppose to be stormy.
Friday 30th Day9
Still here....we had visitors today...a couple saw my post on CF....and travelled 100klm to come look..Al & Sandra.spent morning with us.
Had a campfire tonight........
Am fighting with Telstra to give us more internet.bandwidth...as we some how used extra 780mg..so at present no internet or extremely slow
Saturday 31st Day10
Still here..day been overcast.Rosie did some cloth washing but it hasnt dried....I been keeping the campfire going all day...no visitors today.......by 5:30pm it started raining....at least we have power.to keep warm
Sunday 1st June Day11
Still here..Overcast...couple showers.not a lot happen today...got fed up with left finger bandaged up...might heal OK...ran bow-saw over it yesterday while cutting up tree branches
Monday 2nd Day12
Still here...collected more wood this morning....very overcast.Rosie did some cloth washing this morning.bit windy.hoping it will dry faster than Saturdays....it did.just....you wouldnt believe it...blue sky around 4pm.....and a starry night..Just on dark a ute came in.blasted a shotgun out at the lake then drove off.been shooting sounds most of afternoon....going to be cold tonight...We might unhitch in morning so Rosie can drive to Donald (25klm away)to do some grocery shopping
Tuesday 3rd Day13
Still here.......woke to a very foggy day....had late breakfast ..unhitched van....so Rosie could drive to Donald...to get grocery's ..she was back by 10:45am..just as the fog cleared and misty rain started....anyway....we may be here for another week......no visitors today....been very quiet
Wednesday 4th Day14
Still here......foggy again this morning...cloudy day.rain tonight......Rosie cooked meatloaf in campoven tonight.....we walked across the dry lake to the island....bit muddy sticking to shoes.....lots of fish skeletons.out there.must been big fish...collected firewood before late lunch
Still no visitors.none since last Friday...tried metal detecting..still nothing of value...
Thursday 5th Day15
Still here....not much happening...collected wood...weather weird as always..great sunset
Rang Telstra...they gave me 2Gig internet free...for not ringing since last Friday
Friday 6th Day16
Still here....woke to a brilliant morning...best day here.....tried metal detecting again..still no luck...collected more firewood...came in very stormy looking.....had dinner inside..just in-case
This is a long weekend.QUEENS BIRTHDAY Monday
Saturday 7th Day17
Still here....overcast and foggy morning....highlight for the day..we went for a walk up the entrance
road looking over the dry lake towards the campground......collected more wood on way back...always starts raining late afternoon..today no difference....still no visitors
Sunday 8th Day18
Still here....been reasonably good weather today.....slight wind that cools things down fast.
Well after lunch we did our usual wood collecting....sat down just intime for 4 vehicles to come in and out.after each other....first was a older couple who hadnt been here for 25 years and decided to look in...next was a motorhome...but decided Teddington Res was better option....then a black waggon.then a you/bute/ute came in and out.busy afternoon...
Monday 9th Day19
Still here....2 more vehicles came in then out today......bringing the total to 12....thats 1 a day
collected wood.....was a very nice day for a change.though it started off cold at 2 degrees...saw a cat Rosie spotted yesterday...black with white soxs...no other animals apart from sheep in a neighbouring farm....thats the only ones the whole stay here
Tuesday 10th Day20
Last day here.....same as other days.weather not to bad.....burnt what wood we had left...saw another cat...long haired ginger....Shire vehicle dropped in.looked around then left...said nothing to us....well we are going home tomorrow.after 13 days here...
Wednesday 11th Day21
Left 8am this morning.....headed west via Dimboola.....got home 3:10pm
Planning our next trip
