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September |
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Sunrise
on Murray River |
Mural
on flood levee |
Flood
waters now receding |
Sunday the 1st of September
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Highway
to Echuca |
Nathalia |
Road
works before Boort |
Monday the 2nd
of September |
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Lodden
Highway |
RSL
Boort |
Very
large Olive Grove |
I was relying on the GPS to take us
to our destination for the day at Lake Wooroonook. I was great for we
were not on the main highways in the area which made for easy travel
and the scenery was really great with the perfect blue sky as a back
drop. We were to travel through many small towns that were servicing
the cropping and dairy industry. |
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Mosaic
of wheat and canola |
Main
street of Donald |
What
type of fish does this represent |
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Main street of Minyip | Now in Wimmera country | Welcome to Dimboola |
Tuesday the 3rd
of September |
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Flowers
in the drain |
Ornamental
Garden |
Which
part of the world are you going |
Wednesday the
4th of September |
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Main
Street Horsham |
Wimmera
River Horsham |
Mount
Zero |
Thursday the 5th of September |
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Grampian
Ranges |
Aarat
Town Hall |
Green
Hill Lake |
The highway was undulating
with plenty of over taking lanes so there was very little holdup to
traffic. Still not nice weather though it could not hide the beauty
of the land. On one side of the highway it was flat country with plenty
of crops and the other side flat country until it reached Mount Zero
and further down the road we came across the Grampians and plenty of
vineyards and the seppelts winery. |
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Bell
Tower |
Timber
attraction on Highway |
Coming
towards Melbourne |
Friday the 6th of September |
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Trains
crossing Bell Street |
Trams
on High Street |
Thornbury |
We then turned onto the Calder Highway
and turned off towards Coburg and the traffic was building up and at
some sections was three lanes wide each way which made for easier travelling.
Then we stopped at a roadhouse and bought the paper and we were going
to have a cappuccino though we objected to plastic cups and self service
for $5 a cup. Back on the road and in no time at all we were in heavier
traffic and those traffic lights we seemed to catch all the red lights.
Then into Bell Street and then we were competing also with passenger
trains crossing. The GPS was giving traffic updates, which I couldn't
believe was happening, and it stated we were in light traffic where
I thought is was heavy and then it informed us of a traffic accident
up ahead and detoured us around that. Thank you GPS you were making
our way to Thornbury a lot easier. We then turned onto high street where
we were now competing with trams for the road was narrow and they have
right of way. Down through the shopping centre and it was busy with
foot and car traffic and many strange names for business's. |
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Preston
City Hall |
Liz
and Jen enjoying their Soup |
One
of many Preston Market Stalls |
Saturday the
6th of September |
Sunday the 8th
of September |
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Jen,Oliver,Liz
and Lucas |
Beachfront
at Port Melbourne |
West
Gate Bridge over the Yarra River |
Monday the 9th
of September |
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Sailing
ship from Hobart |
Navy
ship at Williamstown |
Our
Ferry home Spirit of Tasmania II |
We finally arrived where
we park up each year awaiting to board our Ferry home to Tasmania. The
northerly wind was still gale force though it was warm around 23 degrees.
We sat and read our books for awhile and decided we would have fish
and chips for lunch and just some fruit for our meal before getting
onto the ferry this evening. |
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Sunset
on the Port of Melbourne whilst embarking on "Spirit of Tasmania
II" bound for Tasmania |
Tuesday
the 10th of September |
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