We had breakfast at the Dimboola Store - which lived up to its review with a massive Egg and Bacon Roll and a very nice coffee. We have been pleasantly surprised by the coffees in regional Victoria - especially Naked roast which has a wonderful nutty flavour. Yes, yes, I know we packed a coffee machine for the trip - and now have the new milk frother - and we are still using them - but it's harder to pull them out and use them during the day.
And speaking of a lack of power points ... we have noticed that there don't often seem to be powerpoints on the left-hand side of beds in motel rooms where we've stayed. Hmmmm. I know this because I would usually need to plug a CPAP machine in - and it would be difficult to run an extension cord to the nearest powerpoint in some of the rooms we've had. Thank goodness for the travel CPAP machine - complete with battery - which can easily last a night of sleep. It has certainly taken some of the stress out of travelling without power points.
We saw only two silos today - at Patchewollock which also had two large Mallee Fowls near the silo - and at Albacutya - which, quite surprisingly, turned out to be just outside of Rainbow (which made for a great photo opportunity! ) Other pics from today's travels can be accessed by clicking this link.
And speaking of a lack of power points ... we have noticed that there don't often seem to be powerpoints on the left-hand side of beds in motel rooms where we've stayed. Hmmmm. I know this because I would usually need to plug a CPAP machine in - and it would be difficult to run an extension cord to the nearest powerpoint in some of the rooms we've had. Thank goodness for the travel CPAP machine - complete with battery - which can easily last a night of sleep. It has certainly taken some of the stress out of travelling without power points.
We saw only two silos today - at Patchewollock which also had two large Mallee Fowls near the silo - and at Albacutya - which, quite surprisingly, turned out to be just outside of Rainbow (which made for a great photo opportunity! ) Other pics from today's travels can be accessed by clicking this link.
So far we've travelled over 3,000km since we left home - and given that we start our trip home tomorrow, we may end up with a total round trip figure of about 5,000 km. We have enjoyed the roads in Victoria - and can't help comparing them with the roads we travelled in NSW around this time last year - where there were more potholes than roads in some of the secondary and tertiary roads.
The rain stayed away all of today, but we were thinking they need it at Lake Tyrrell which was all but dry when we drove past there this afternoon on the way to Sea Lake. The book "Lake Tyrrell - an ever changing landscape" was in our motel room tonight and Anne Morley has taken some fantastic photographs of the Lake in various seasons/conditions/times of days. It was interesting to see the salt crust and formations in the Lake.
I have decided that I don't know enough about Australian farming - agriculture or husbandry. We have seen so many crops this trip that we have no idea what they are. And there are so many questions: do sheep for shearing or eating have different coloured fleeces? How much of the hay/lucerne produce from Victoria is sent to other destinations around Australia or overseas?
It's raining in Sea Lake tonight so that means I couldn't get a photo of the full moon rising over ... anything. Hopefully we will have more luck tomorrow night.
I have decided that I don't know enough about Australian farming - agriculture or husbandry. We have seen so many crops this trip that we have no idea what they are. And there are so many questions: do sheep for shearing or eating have different coloured fleeces? How much of the hay/lucerne produce from Victoria is sent to other destinations around Australia or overseas?
It's raining in Sea Lake tonight so that means I couldn't get a photo of the full moon rising over ... anything. Hopefully we will have more luck tomorrow night.
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