Lake Lascelles, Hopetoun Vic (Silo tour)

Linda & I Spent the weekend away with a great bunch of people who we camp with regularly and have become good friends (Brian & Wendy, Malcolm & Nikki and Vic & Ug) completing the newest attraction in Vic the Silotour, we started the drive from the most southern Silo and camped overnight at Lake Sdcce .  the Silo tour itself is over 200km, we stopped for a pub meal along the way at the Creekside Hotel (brilliant) and some spent up big in the local op shop prior

Finally pulling into camp around 5:45pm after the starting the day at the first silo around 11:30am after helping some guys in Harley Davidson’s who had broken down at the last stop

Set up camp at Lake Lascelles and the wind was blowing a gale eventually had the turn the car around to create a wind break, may hours around the fire talking BS before bed at midnight, there was a party on what looked like in an onsite venue where the dof, dof music continued to around 4am, seriously !!! the lake was full and we were on the other side god help those who were closer than us.

Little sleep overnight and up at first light to get a coffee and pack up for an early departure traveled back with Hutchie + Wendy via Sea Lake, Swan Hill and Echuca to home. We have not been up this way before and will do some research for a later date. Managed to hit 2 birds along the way looked in the mirror after hitting the 2^nd and feathers everywhere Linda got out and checked all good so we continued home to unpack, clean up and plan our next weekend   

Snakes Reserve, Jamieson VIC

Back out to Snakes Reserve for GF weekend (Thur to Sun) with a few good friends we camp with plus Ash and Ben tagged along for a night. First camping trip with the Mut all went relatively well and a little surprising as i expected him to be a PIA but was quite well behaved.

Nice spot, good company lots of laughs, a dry pack-up which  was a bonus given the showers on and off on the Saturday

A good few days of doing nothing, laughs and drinks

Cowes Caravan Park, Phillip Island. Vic

Spent our Wedding Anniversary @ Phillip Island staying at Cowes Caravan Park we hired a cabin for 2 nights, clean, warm and reasonably priced for the 2 nights.

Arrived at Phillip Island around 1pm straight to the info center to get some local knowledge and pamphlets on the local attractions booked that night for the Penguin Parade while we were there then a stop at the Chocolate Factory not the best we have visited and wanted to charge around $17 for a tour of the factory we did not stay long then off to the Caravan park to load the fridge up with alcohol.

 Went for a drive in to the main part of town, we want to book an afternoon cruise however were booked out to the following Thursday a little disappointed but life went on, walked around town looking for “gloves” as the weather was wet, overcast and a little on the cool side drove out to San Remo for lunch at the Fish CO-OP then out to the Penguin Parade ready for the show. 

A huge complex with food and gift shops then a walk out on a boardwalk to the seating area waiting for the penguins to arrive. A huge area with seating like a amphitheater on the beach the penguins arrive in small batches walked up the beach then into the area for the night on our way back to the “info center” you could see them making their way in the burrows for the evening would have been a few hundred attending that night mostly international friends!!!

Stopped at the local RSL for dinner watched the football back in the cabin and planning the following days agenda

Saturday morning up  for breakfast in town @ Madcows Cafe, then a drive to the Nobbies center where we walked around the boardwalk they have on the most western side of the island we spent the next few hour’s driving around the island and stopping at different places Kitty Miller bay, Shipwreck SS Speke, Pyramid Rock lookout, Rhyll inlet, Churchill Island out to Wanthagi and stopped at the “Rusty Water brewery for a beer on the way back to cabin. Dinner was the local Thai restaurant back to the cabin and in bed by 8:30 as we had both been crook over the weekend with the flu

Up early Sunday for the drive home Maccas breakfast on the way and home by Midday. A nice weekend with another item penguins off the “bucket list” of things to see