FLOODS
So it seems the state
of Victoria is under flood.
We had planned to
leave Bendigo and head to the Great Ocean Road.
Different parts of the Great Ocean road are flooded and there have even
been landslides. The caravan park we are
booked into is flooded.
Ok no worries we will just head on over to South Australia
and see the Great Ocean Road on our way Back.
Sounds easy HUH?
No! Not so easy. The
normal route out of Bendigo heading west via St Arnuad to Horsham is flooded the
road is blocked and we cant get through.
Option 2 going via Avoca is also
flooded.
So after calling into Vic Roads and the staff making phone
calls to their own family who live along our intended route it was thought we could go one way making lots of detours. BUT one river at Charleston was due to peak and if we did
not make it through before it peaked we would not get through. This sounded like trouble.
So we headed down
through Castlemaine, Daylesford and Ballarat before heading west. We
had a stop in Daylesford and walked the main street, although very
picturesque the shops are all little to
posh for our liking. Earlier this year I
read a book about a family who rode their push bikes from Victoria up to far
North Queensland. I spotted the lady in
the main street of Daylesford and we had a chat about each of our travels.
We have found ourselves a lovely little park in Stawell with
a very friendly park owner who has
provided us with a fire drum and delivered free fire wood to our site. Our Site sits over looking a billabong with
horses and gumtrees in the background. A
family of swans keeps cruising past
tooting quietly to us. We watched daddy swan at dusk as he prepared the nest on the little island opposite us, he was getting it ready for his families bed.
While Soccer Elephant and Mr Red Elephant fished the
billabong (read fed the fish), Sporty Red Elephant and myself went for a walk
around the billabong. It was very soul soothing here in Stawell.
We ate dinner out side under
the stars in the fresh , fresh air in front of our campfire. Now we feel like we are camping.
Thank you Stawell Grampians Gate Caravan Park for a lovely stay.
By the way Fun Fact
every Easter Stawell is home to the Stawell Gift , a running race.
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