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We did the usual tourist stuff in Mt Gambier, I can’t get enough of the old buildings in SA -







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Checked out Blue Lake and the lookout




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Then went and invited ourselves to Lesley and Rogers place for a cuppa and a chat - and had a look at the magnificent “Holden room “








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Onwards to the sinkhole then it was time to hit the road







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Not long after we hit the VIC border there was a hell of a racket and the speedo exploded - I had just grabbed a random one out of the pile when I was playing with the luminous paint and it was pretty erratic over about 50 mph , it made a horrendous screeching sound, I thought the starter motor had engaged itself at 110kmh when it happened

Doing 80 mph standing still now - you can’t stop an FB




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Ended up at Halls gap after thinking we might be staying at Hamilton if we couldn’t find any patrol - both towns prior to Hamilton had no petrol for some reason ….


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(In best David Attenborough voice)
“Behold the native FB - Holdenius mostawesomeium - in its natural habitat, the Australian bush . Normally an amiable creature, it is normally only roused when required to assert its dominance over a rival EK - Holdenius notquiteasgoodasus- by running rings around its foe and them marking its territory by excreting droplets of an oily substance on the ground , a truly remarkable creature and a real Australian treasure “





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Then we parked up and walked to the pub for dinner and drinkies

Not much risk of this -



Full moon on the way to the pub, be mindful of bunyips and drop bears


Bloody good feed , great menu - hard to decide what to eat



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Another blue ute....

I used to stay in that pub until I got sick of lugging gear up the stairs. Old school steam spas in each room.

Nice shot of the 275kV interconnector.

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We have had that ute for over 30 years. Other to maintenance it is completely original.
This is the favourite of our fleet

Well before they got so popular

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Slow start this morning- it was cold
Had a visitor on the front balcony when we went outside


Had deer Roos and emus wandering around as well - the Mrs took pics, I didn’t bother…

Headed off to Stawell for Breakfast and a look around, not that much to see so went to Great Western for some winery action.



Bests is a bit of a favourite of ours so we stocked up - lots of history here too


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Hit another one after that and bought some nice port and some chili rhubarb salsa

Then off to Ararat to not go through the old jail - was advertised as open but was shut


Saw a strange sight when we went to town for lunch afterwards- a rad that a mate of mine built years ago was in the servo - still with WA rego


Some Ararat buildings



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Then off to Ballarat, drove down the Main Street and saw this joint, my Celtic blood dictated we had to stop and have a taste






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