Day 11

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11th Wednesday
Last day here, I took a drive into town, went to bank, book store and chemist. nice town. Toilet still leaking, I am over it. this is our 3rd toilet, never will we buy BCF toilets again. Made a yoghurt today as I use it as a cream as well. Started to tidy up and pack what I could for tomorrow. Did a some night shooting and some Milky Way shots.
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Day 10

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10th Tuesday
Had a lazy day, Don went into town and I caught up with my friend on phone.Our days are hot and the wasps are very annoying. Nights are cold. Walked around the river, very lovely. Bird life is quiet good. been doing star trails and time lapsing.
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You can see the line in this image, it was a shooting star.

Day 9

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9th Monday
Got a good night sleep, was lovely and quiet after dark.could here the creek running. we were going to stay 2 nights but its very close  to the road so decided to head down further. went to Myrtleford and fueled up then headed to Wangaratta but took a turn off before the Hume h’way and was a lovely country drive, ended up on the Hume, turned off the Hume at Euroa and headed for Alexandra, checked out a place just west of Alexandra and no good, very small right on the highway, so turned around and went back to Alexandra and came to a place called Brooks River Reserve. on the Goulbourn River and its really flowing. Staying here until Thursday morning then go to Healesville.
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Day 8

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8th Sunday 
Wasn’t so cold last night as we were sheltered. did our morning routine and headed for Albury/Wodonga and find somewhere to stay, on our way we stopped off at a dump point at Uranquinty, a very small town, and so clean, theres water to fill tanks, & toilets as well. I have a few places in mind where to stay  but that can change when we get there. Well loved the drive up thru the Alpine countryside after leaving Wodonga, had lunch at Henty, carried onto a place called Mudgegonga by a creek that you could not see from camp spot. When we went thru Yackanddandah and headed for Myrttleford, there is a camp spot at Mudgegong.
IMG_9764Mudgegong  Large area here, rubbish bins that’s it.IMG_9757Mudgegong

Just a wee stream at the camp spot.

Day 7

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7th Saturday
Very cold last night,  we have a fine day, wind has died down a bit. got breaky and cleaned up, on the road by 10 am.Drove past Sofala and down to Young, where we stayed for the night, lovely drive, normal sort of country side, very dry. Lovely camp spot on the side of road but very quiet after dark. mozzies were bad.had early tea and cleaned up before dark. We have coverage but keeps dropping in and out.

Day 6

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6th Friday
Up early and saw Lyell off to work, 4.30 am.
Cool night but lovely.
Heading off this morning. got breakfast out the way and left at 10.30 am. Went to chemist, got Dons tabs, then onto Denman up the Golden h’way. Called into get fuel and all it did was blow air, so off we went and checked the town out, lovely place, lovely Gluten Free shop, lady made me a GF wrap vegetarian, sat and ate them. I gave the shop some of our “Simply Grain Free cards”.
We are taking the Bylong valley Way, turn off at Sandy Hollow, lovely run thru the valley with big rock formations, quiet steep in places. Couldnt stop to take photos as there’s no room, roads to narrow and windy. got to Ilford and free camped at the Ilford Hall, looking over a farm and down thru a valley, so peaceful, only one other camper popped in later on in the afternoon. Very cool wind, and cool night, my new -10 deg sleeping bay worked well. no coverage here, Started to do a Timelapse but the moon was to bright.

 

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1st March – 3rd March

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1st March thru to 3rd March 

After last minute jobs,  got away from home at 9.30 am. Then down to my daughters to drop off there new gas heater. Came via  Urbenville, and then down the Bruxner to Tenterfield,  got fuel and headed for Deep Water, which is close to Glen Innes, we got in pretty late but just set up and ate. 9 pm. Off to bed now. Headed off to my sons place in Murrurindi, got away about 9 am. Had a good run down, stopped along the way, got there about 3 pm. Had a lovely day, chattered, Garry had a couple of friends pop over, sat around the pool. Got fresh eggs from the chooks, picked fresh silver beet, lovely. Went to the other son’s place and took a trip up to the Watagen’s.

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  Hunter Valley Lookout.

 

Day 4

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Tuesday 23rd
Very chilly last night. Woke up and got up at 5am. Did my tai chi early and then I noticed the parrots were sitting eating the thistles watching,  no camera in hand. 🙂 I have moved the solar panels around to get the sun when its up over the hill, found coverage this morning on sat phone as the sky is clear,  would not work yesterday as the cloud cover was thick. The owners came down and said they’d heard from my daughter. Had 3 swims yesterday.  We went for a brisk walk up the hill and back. Davids birthday, one of the aborigines camping next door we all had a lot of fun, David plays guitar. Emptied toilet today. Going to get Kay to move up past us be more quiet for them.

Day 19

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Wednesday 7th. 
Had a long day getting home, went via the Paddy Flat Rd, and looked in at Paddy Flat camping, didnt think much of it, and the rest of the trip was slow, so added on hours to the trip, got home later than would of liked, 6 pm. Bought Chinese takeaways, so tired. Great time away, loved every bit of it. For those that have been following my trip, hope you have enjoyed as well and thank you for all the likes. 🙂
DSCF3966  Last swim to cool off after all the packing was done.DSCF3970  Our foot print.DSCF3968  Opps Don sprung a leak.DSCF3961 Nearly all packed up.

Day 18

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Tuesday 6th. Last day here. 

Had breakfast and did my walk,  Tai Chi and stretching. Swim was a bit chilly until you are under.  Had several swims again today was warm. Got all that we could packed and the rains came so thankfully we did. We saw the goanna that Harvey told us about,  it had a turtle in its mouth and took it up the tree right outside our camp. Got lots of photos. Some new people have dropped in for the night, they use to visit here 20 years ago. Don tried a bit of fishing, no luck, a man and his kid were fishing at our water hole and got a eel. Tea all finished early due to weather. Went and said cheerio to the brothers,  David, Bruce the artist and he told me of the story of my painting, and there’s Duck, they are nice  blokes, they’re packing garlic in the sheds for Zoe and Ed. Cooled down again thats one good thing when it rains early evening,  get a good sleep as not hot. Its time to move on now, be good to get home for a rest.

IMG_9547 Goanna.