Gismo Queen and her King

Urana to Whipstick - Tuesday 9 July 2019

So many things in life go full circle. This is our last night on the road, so close to where we started that we’ve almost done a circle. But the more ironic circle is that we are camped 20 metres from the spot we camped in our very first caravan on our first night of having that wind up caravan, more than 8 years ago. We’ve been through three vans since then to get to the best of the best!

Even though it was a travel morning, we didn’t have much to pack up so it was a reasonably leisurely morning in the warmth of the van. The ambience was shattered at about 8:30am when Neill fired up the chainsaw to cut some more firewood for tonight’s campfire. All for a good cause.

So it was after 9:30am before we hit the road. We took some backroads which were actually very good and arrived in Berrigen for elevenses. Today we did actually get to a bakery which offered good products so we enjoyed our coffee and treats. I was trying to temember who I knew from my childhood who came from Berrigen and think it was a horse float driver - odd the things we remember.

Back on the road again, we drove through Barooga, which I remember was the destination for older Victorias to take a bus trip to in order to play the pokies when I was a kid. Then it was across the Murray and we were back in Victoria. We stopped for fuel and the rain started just after that, but stopped in time for lunch which was had on the banks of a tributary of the Goulburn River.

We then took some interesting roads south and west aiming for the Whipstick State Park, where we arrived just before 4pm. A quick dash through the bush for some kindling and the fire was lit. Our afternoon tea was had in the sunshine under clear blue skies - we quickly forgot the rain we drove through today.

As the sun set, our fire warmed up. Neill, Jude and I went for a bit of a walk before pre dinner drinks and our dinner. The fire was hot as we played music through the van’s external speakers and reminisced about this trip.

posted by Tracey @ 9:56 pm