Friday, 9th April 2010 – Mildura, VIC
Hello from Mildura – the city that has named its streets in number order, has too many traffic lights and is currently hosting a locust plague.
Despite it looking like an inland beach resort, Mildura has not been sunny so far. Showed up at my chosen caravan park to find out that the camp kitchen is “out of order”. So I learned a couple of things about cooking dinner unsheltered in the rain; mainly that you shouldn’t do it. I’m going tarp shopping tomorrow.
Been nearly a week on the road and only just got my mp3 player going today – listened to The Frames, The Whitlams and Stephen Fry’s narration of Harry Potter all in shuffle mode. It was an interesting sound track to the 3.5 hour drive that took me all day to complete (turns out I’m a little generous with my rest stops).
There are a lot of caravans on the road but the caravan parks aren’t crowded. Haven’t done any sightseeing yet; mostly I’m on the move trying to catch up with the touring crowd in SA. However I can report that the Giant Koala is not very cuddly or as big as I’d hoped (I admit to having high expectations), I’ve discovered that Lindeman Winery really does exist (it’s not a Coca Cola or Schweppes brand after all), and I drove through Tempy Victoria make believing that it was Tempe NSW. Whitlams fans might be able to guess why.
Troupie’s doing great – I love it. Still struggling to name it though. Only problem is the crazy amount of time required to keep it in order. Hopefully everything finds its natural place soon enough.
I think I'm still in working mode because I'm craving to create some travel stats. Here they are:
Days on the Road: 5
Km Travelled: 816
Diesel L: 112
Current Time Zone: EST
Rating of Travel Stats: Boring
Hello from Mildura – the city that has named its streets in number order, has too many traffic lights and is currently hosting a locust plague.
Despite it looking like an inland beach resort, Mildura has not been sunny so far. Showed up at my chosen caravan park to find out that the camp kitchen is “out of order”. So I learned a couple of things about cooking dinner unsheltered in the rain; mainly that you shouldn’t do it. I’m going tarp shopping tomorrow.
Been nearly a week on the road and only just got my mp3 player going today – listened to The Frames, The Whitlams and Stephen Fry’s narration of Harry Potter all in shuffle mode. It was an interesting sound track to the 3.5 hour drive that took me all day to complete (turns out I’m a little generous with my rest stops).
There are a lot of caravans on the road but the caravan parks aren’t crowded. Haven’t done any sightseeing yet; mostly I’m on the move trying to catch up with the touring crowd in SA. However I can report that the Giant Koala is not very cuddly or as big as I’d hoped (I admit to having high expectations), I’ve discovered that Lindeman Winery really does exist (it’s not a Coca Cola or Schweppes brand after all), and I drove through Tempy Victoria make believing that it was Tempe NSW. Whitlams fans might be able to guess why.
Troupie’s doing great – I love it. Still struggling to name it though. Only problem is the crazy amount of time required to keep it in order. Hopefully everything finds its natural place soon enough.
I think I'm still in working mode because I'm craving to create some travel stats. Here they are:
Days on the Road: 5
Km Travelled: 816
Diesel L: 112
Current Time Zone: EST
Rating of Travel Stats: Boring
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