Roads Less Travelled

Finally all packed and ready we managed to start the car and head off at mid day. We drove onto the motorway and straight into a stand still traffic jam. Easter is not a good time to travel….We ended up in three of these major traffic jams and eventually arrived at Barry’s place in the…

Dropped the van off for the necessary repairs at Legend and then drove to the city centre and dropped Elaine and the luggage off at the Victoria in Little Collins St. I then drove about 25k’s out of town to drop the car off to get the front coil springs changed over for slightly longer…

Walked around the historic Beechworth precinct taking all the buildings and the gaol.We then headed off to Myrtleford for a coffee an old favourite, Cafe FEZ and continued on to Milawa cheese factory for a picnic on the lawn. Bought a few sample cheeses, brought out a cold Verdelho and few other things from the…

Did a tourist drive through the national park which runs around the town and came across historic buildings and waterfalls. Then off to a winery followed by a long drive to another winery called Glen Bosch. With a name like that we had to know, and yes it is owned by an ex South African…

Woke up to a beautiful morning and headed into town for coffee and some touristing. Lots of great old buildings. Found the library museum very interesting. Great monologues by a farmers wife which were complimented by charcoal sketches and other art works. Had to check out by mid day and headed to Beechworth via some…

Left Jugiong with an idea of stopping in Albury which we eventually did. Towing a heavy van for 3-4 hours at a time seems to be a good self imposed limit. Drove around town for a while and eventually set up at the showgrounds for $15 per night. Did a scenic drive around Albury and…

We left a rainy Sydney after our regular morning coffee and headed west towards Melbourne. We have our van booked in for a few minor repairs at the factory. First stop was Jugiong for a free night of camping opposite the pub on the football oval. had dinner and a couple of drinks in the…

We are heading to Melbourne in the next two weeks for some repairs and mods to the van and car. We will be checking in on the 21st March 2022. ET heard that we were going to the wineries and this was her reaction.