PART 1 OF 3

With the Covid scare mostly gone and not been away, except for a couple of days here and there, we thought it might be time to hit the road again.

I picked Western Victoria because we had not been there before and Lynn suggested the Great Ocean Road, so there was trip. Let the planning begin.

As Lynn requires assisted accommodation finding somewhere to stay, where you would like to stay, a little challenging. Part of this problem was solved by the purchase of a folding chair that had several uses. We had no problems with any of our 10 pre-booked accommodations, 8 motels and 2 cabins, that we used for our 12 days away.

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(PbL) Photo by Lynn

Day 1. Home to Gundagai.

Our lunch spot was near the old rail bridge at Yass.

Trains no longer visit Gundagai.

The old Gundagai road bridge has been cut down. Insert : taken in 2013.

Pink fence in the late afternoon. Gundagai Show-ground Reserve.

Raising the the dust at Gundagai.

Reflection and 2 Wood Ducks on Morleys Creek, Gundagai.

The Sheridan Room, Gundagai. (For the Grace Bros Girls) (PbL)

Day 2. Gundagai to Moulamein.

The old Adelong Crossing Hotel built 1905, Tumblong.

RAAF Base Wagga is the last remaining Riverina World War II base.
F-111C Fighter-bomber with pilot Lynn 'Wildcat' Striker.

F-111C Fighter-bomber. (PbL)

Canberra Bomber, front, and Meteor at the back.

Mirage III

Lunch at Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga.

'Spirit of the Land' Farm Art, The Big Kangaroo & Big Emu, near Lockhart.

HAND-D-CAR, 'Spirit of the Land' Farm Art.

The Big Spider Sculpture, by Andre Whitehead, at Urana.

The BIG Spider.

Soldiers Memorial Hall and the Hotel Urana.

Day 3: 26th. Moulamein to Mildura.

. Our cabin at the Moulamein Lakeside Caravan Park. They take the $50 'Stay' vouchers.
All the essentials are in town, an IGA, a bottle shop, a pub, a mechanic, a takeaway café,
and a bowls club. Population 478 people.

Moulamein Lake.

Crimson Rosella, race flaveolus: Yellow Rosella. Balranald.

Lunch at Euston, on the Murray River.

Murray reflections, Euston.

The nest material collecting antics of this Whistling Kite was entertaining. Euston.

Day 4: 27th. Mildura to Hopetoun

The Murray River at Mildura, with the NSW / Vic border bridge in the background.
We are now in Victoria.

A paddle steamer, houseboat and river cruise boat on the Murray River.

Starting a new bird-list at Red Cliffs Lookout. (PbL)

Red Cliffs Lookout.
This is where Lynn nearly broke some toes after crashing into the fence.
X-rays back at home confirmed a fracture, tough girl.

Big Lizzie was an large tractor used to clear the land
around the river at the Red Cliffs soldier settlement.
Built in 1915 and weighs 45-tonne. Red Cliffs.

Warepil Lookout, Hattah - Kulkyne National Park, Vic.

View of the mallee from Warepil Lookout,
Hattah - Kulkyne National Park, Vic.

Lunch spot along the Hattah Nature Drive, Hattah - Kulkyne National Park.

Unique to Hattah - Kulkyne National Park is the Double-headed Western Grey Kangaroo.

Ouyen's main street.

There's a lot going on around Ouyen. Town mural.

A reason for the extinction of our fauna and flora.
Fields next to Lake Tyrrell, Vic.

Lake Tyrrell. Today's photos were taken on the boardwalk down the hill from that building at 5PM. (Tomorrow, in the next episode, you will see what an hour and a half and a different location makes)