Tuesday November 26, 2014

Leaving Horsham going to Portland, but got a little side traced and decided to go to Grampians National Park.

Have gone into Halls Gap and then on a to Dunkeld and then Hamilton where we will stay the nIght.

while in the Grampians have go to Mckenzie fall, did the walk done to the falls, a good 2Km hike, then on to Reed Outlook and again a two Km hike to see the terraces and the a to Lake Bellfield  man made lake to conserve water for the area and again a walk across the dam. 

Photos Redcliffs to Horsham

Australian Wood duck

cactus Flowers

Rows of grapes

Tuesday November

Leaving Redcliffs after a wonderful visit with friends. On the way to Portland, through Ouyen, Gypsum, Tempy, Speed. Turriff, Hopetoun, had lunch at Lake Cooromg, Goyerra, Beulah, Brim, Warracknnbeal,and finally Horsham where we stayed. Camping next to the Wimmera River.

Photos around Mildura

Redcliffs

when in Redcliffs we did some shopping but mainly just spent time with our friends.

The weather was fairly good with a few showers but was a bit cold. On Saturday there was a tornado that struck about 15 kilometers away from where we were and did a few a million dollars damage to grape crops.

Burra to Redcliffs

Leaving Burra and on to Morgan, we enter the Riverlands along the Murray River. take the ferry over the Murray River at Morgan and drive along the river to Walkerie. From Burra to Morgan mostly grain. Fields with the odd fields of grapes, but from there on there is grapes and citrus fruit. In Monash we bought 10 lbs of fresh off the tree oranges for $3.00.

On to Renmark , leaving here again grain. Scrub and sheep until we get close to Mildura and the it is mainly grapes. We drive through Mildura to Redcliffs where we are staying for a few days with friends.

Murray River

Oranges

Ferry across the Murray river at Morgan

Burra photos

Photos Hawker to Burra

Mt. Bryan Memorial Hall

Steam World Peterborough

Peterborough Hotel

Hawker to Burra.

From Hawker throughout the hills to Craddock, one old hotel, two churches and mad old police station converted to a home and then Carrieton, small villages surrounded by grain fields and flocks of sheep.

Orroroo, Peterborough,and steam world, Tevanc,Hallett, Mt. Bryan and Burra where we will stay.

Burra is a one of a kind historic town, the buildings are well preserved and the whole town is a historic site.

Old Church in Craddock

Craddock Hotel

One of the many ruins of old houses along the road

Prairie Hotel at Parachilna