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We are turning for home today. Plan to spend tonight in Jugiong and then roll up the highway to Canberra on Sunday morning. Despite the grim tide of suffering that is engulfing the world right now we have had a most excellent and uplifting trip. But it seems like the right time to return home. […]
We are in Beechworth today. In the midst of ‘Kelly Country’. Perhaps no other Australian narrative has been as polarising or emotive than the life of this iconic bushranger. Not really knowing more than a bare sketchy outline of the Kelly story I visited the Ned Kelly museum and found it so compelling that I […]
Last night we camped in the carpark of an RV friendly winery (Brown Brothers) in Milawa. Location: Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard239 Milawa-Bobinawarrah Rd, Milawa VIC. Map. It was a large flat open area that had been specifically set up for campervans & caravans. We shared it with about 7 or 8 other rigs and there […]
Social distancing or physical distancing as it should be called (because what we all really need is a little social closeness right now) is not easy within the structural confines of our campervan. Here are a few examples of things Kelly and I have been experimenting with: The kitchen. As you can see in the […]
Port Albert. It was only a short distance down the road from our last stop. So we nearly did not turn off to visit Port Albert, but Kelly talked me into it. Turned out to be a beautiful town with a large spacious park that allows free RV parking overnight. Bugger. Wish we had driven […]
There is a storm front moving through, with high winds predicted. So tonight we have opted to hunker down in a safe little van park in Yarram, a small farming town in the southeast area of Gippsland Victoria (pop. 2,135). Map location: Yarram Victoria 3971 Our agenda includes laundry, long hot showers and lounging around […]
After a long day of shenanigans we found ourselves fast approaching beer-o-clock with no campsite for the night. We ended up consulting WikiCamps and fluking an excellent overnighter. Destination: Gippsland Vehicle Collection1 Maffra-Sale Rd, Maffra VIC 3860(03) 5147 3223. Map Location. Unfortunately, the vehicle collection of more than 160 special cars, motorbikes, machinery, historic vehicles […]
It was all going so well. Until the lord of darkness unleashed his legions of flying hypodermic insect drones upon us. Sitting by the Snowy River we had noticed a steady increase in mosquito activity as the sun set. Once the Aeroguard spray proved ineffective we decided to retreat into Ripley for dinner. That was […]
Stopped for a long lazy lunch (because…views) in Marlo. A small town at the point where the Snowy River rides out into the Great Southern Ocean. I don’t care what you say, there is nothing better than a thick lather of quality dark roasted peanut butter on fresh rye bread to fill a hypoglycemic belly-hole […]
