Thursday, 20th May 2010
Left Dingley, Melbourne, at 9.15 am this morning, hoping that the worst of the traffic would be off the roads by that time. We made good time until we left the Domain Tunnel and attached ourselves to the long queues not going anywhere waiting to cross the West Gate Bridge. It is hard to believe that closing one lane can bring the traffic to a crawl! Melbourne was rather overcast and very smoggy today – still no wind, which is good for towing. The lack of wind was not so good for the large wind farm just north of Ballarat - there was no power whatsoever being generatated into the power grid!
Left Dingley, Melbourne, at 9.15 am this morning, hoping that the worst of the traffic would be off the roads by that time. We made good time until we left the Domain Tunnel and attached ourselves to the long queues not going anywhere waiting to cross the West Gate Bridge. It is hard to believe that closing one lane can bring the traffic to a crawl! Melbourne was rather overcast and very smoggy today – still no wind, which is good for towing. The lack of wind was not so good for the large wind farm just north of Ballarat - there was no power whatsoever being generatated into the power grid!
Once we were on the Western Freeway we made good time to Ballarat, although we bypassed that city, and turned off onto the Sunraysia Highway on our way to St Arnaud. Beautiful countryside along this road, very green pasture with lots of sheep and lovely black cows – a wonderful look against the green. We also passed olive groves and lots of vineyards – rumblings from Cat in the back seat when the vineyards appeared, but we didn’t stop!
We did stop for lunch in the middle of the main street of Avoca, a small town about 60 kms south of St Arnaud. St Arnaud is a largish town (pop. 2000+) and seems to be the commercial centre for this district. Lots of agricultural businesses on the edge of town and the usual amenities, including an IGA supermarket. The caravan park is quite adequate, with nice grassy sites and a very clean amenities block. Needless to say, at this time of the year we aren’t exactly crammed in.
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I like brown cows better!
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