The fishing gear is still locked away... too much happening... gotta slow down!
My Tassie mate told me today of 4 "B" double loads of Oranges destined for the tip. Apparently it's cheaper to bring them in from Egypt than to get them locally. What a bloody shame eh, that it's not now economical to support our own growers.
We had the car and the van weighed at GTS Transport in Mildura. It's something that good to do in the event that you're asked for it by Mr Plod, or you're involved in an accident, they can see you're legally loaded, and within the your vehicles limits. Hooked up we were (2740/2580) and Unhooked (2420/2820). A little heavier than I'd anticipated on the tow bar, but we're still happy bearing in mind we're completely full of fuel, water, food, etc.
Between Victoria and SA you have to pass through Quarantine. No fruit or veggies allowed, then under this giant Dunlop sign that tells you you've now in SA.
The wind is still blowing but has eased a little. We're off to Renmark. What a great little place. Very caravan friendly with van parking in the town centre and wide streets.
We found a free camp alongside the Murray at a place called Murtho Landing. Not a sole to be seen, 2.6km's of corrugations but the independent coil suspension on the van and the car sucked it up. The sunrise the next morning was great.
On to Burra the next morning via Morgan. The trip into Morgan was very windy, so we took a break down by the Morgan ferry and thought seriously about staying over until the wind died. We kicked on anyway and the final 87km's took us a little under 2 hours with a brief detour to an early drovers Pub.
The wind was still strong and generally right on our nose that our fuel consumption went as high as 18/100 and at times we were travelling at 60km/hr in 4th gear (... we have 8). We arrived in Burra about 3pm and went straight to the bakery.
Burra is a great old place, the site of an early copper mine. The buildings are generally local stone and are absolutely awesome being build around the early 1800's.
We saw more caravans on the road today than any other day. We're starting to catch up with those heading north I think.
The Burra caravan park is 100m from the town centre and is $25/night.
We might stay in Burra for a day or two....
My Tassie mate told me today of 4 "B" double loads of Oranges destined for the tip. Apparently it's cheaper to bring them in from Egypt than to get them locally. What a bloody shame eh, that it's not now economical to support our own growers.
We had the car and the van weighed at GTS Transport in Mildura. It's something that good to do in the event that you're asked for it by Mr Plod, or you're involved in an accident, they can see you're legally loaded, and within the your vehicles limits. Hooked up we were (2740/2580) and Unhooked (2420/2820). A little heavier than I'd anticipated on the tow bar, but we're still happy bearing in mind we're completely full of fuel, water, food, etc.
Between Victoria and SA you have to pass through Quarantine. No fruit or veggies allowed, then under this giant Dunlop sign that tells you you've now in SA.
The wind is still blowing but has eased a little. We're off to Renmark. What a great little place. Very caravan friendly with van parking in the town centre and wide streets.
We found a free camp alongside the Murray at a place called Murtho Landing. Not a sole to be seen, 2.6km's of corrugations but the independent coil suspension on the van and the car sucked it up. The sunrise the next morning was great.On to Burra the next morning via Morgan. The trip into Morgan was very windy, so we took a break down by the Morgan ferry and thought seriously about staying over until the wind died. We kicked on anyway and the final 87km's took us a little under 2 hours with a brief detour to an early drovers Pub.
The wind was still strong and generally right on our nose that our fuel consumption went as high as 18/100 and at times we were travelling at 60km/hr in 4th gear (... we have 8). We arrived in Burra about 3pm and went straight to the bakery.
Burra is a great old place, the site of an early copper mine. The buildings are generally local stone and are absolutely awesome being build around the early 1800's.
We saw more caravans on the road today than any other day. We're starting to catch up with those heading north I think.
The Burra caravan park is 100m from the town centre and is $25/night.
We might stay in Burra for a day or two....
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