14 October - Beechworth

Woke up to another beautiful day here in Beechworth. After our usual leisurely breakfast we took a short drive to Woolshed Falls, right in the middle of the local gold mining industry of the 1850's. In the heyday around 125 tonnes of gold was assayed here. The Woolshed falls are quite spectacular and although there was a reasonable amount of water the locals say that they turn positively spectacular after heavy rain.

Even managed to fly the Mavic Mini over to the falls for some video - quite spectacular. 

Given the warm weather the countryside is still green and quite spectacular with wildflowers.

After that a quick ride into town for a nice lunch and then back to our little home away from home.

Over the past few days we've hardly had any wind, and the Lake Sambell here looks beautiful and smooth. Later in the afternoon the light becomes golden and it's time to take a few photos.

Around 7 pm the sun starts to drop behind the trees. The whole park is quiet and the smell of cooking is absolutely mouth watering. Time for a beer and, as the air cools to head inside.

Tuesday 13 October - Beechworth

We said our goodbye's in Yarrawonga this morning - John and Marie headed West and we took off for Beechworth. We've visited here many times but never with the caravan, so, after a short drive we arrived at the Lake Sambal Caravan Park which is located on a wonderful lake only minutes from the town.

The great weather here has continued. In fact over the past few days it has been so sunny that Rosa and I got quite sunburnt. Spent the afternoon relaxing and doing a little grocery shopping.

Later in the afternoon we did some exploring of the walking track which runs around the lake, and in the later afternoon sunlight everything looked really beautiful.

Really looking forward to continuing over the next couple of days and trying to capture some of the animals and the scenery with the camera.

We found that due to the virus not many restaurants were open till later in the week so we opted for fish and chips instead.

Friday 9 October - Yarrawonga

We arrived in Yarrawonga just before noon and checked into the Yarrawonga Holiday Village and found that John and Marie had arrived just before us and were setting up camp. Since leaving Echuca the weather improved and we found Yarrawonga bathed in sunshine. We had a lot of catching up to do so we spent the rest of Friday doing exactly that. Lots of sitting around and chatting. Marie had already prepared dinner so we didn't even have to move from our cosy camp. And so it continued - BBQ steaks on Saturday night, and pizza on Sunday and a few bottles of red wine of course. Daily walks took us into town and we were also located right next to Yarrawonga weir which holds back the Murray River to create Lake Mulwala.

Also Yarrawonga is an attractive town with some beautiful houses and great gardens. Managed to 'borrow' this Zinnia for a photo.

Originally we had planned to leave Yarrawonga on Monday morning, but we were having so much fun we both decided to leave on Tuesday instead.

Our post pandemic caravan getaway - 5 October 2020

After 6 or so months of lockdown, and having been forced to abandon a trip to The Netherlands and Malta, we were finally able to pack the caravan and head out for a couple of weeks. We are of course limited to Victoria so we chose to continue a trip to Echuca we had to abandon in March. We drove to Echuca via Melbourne and set up camp in fairly chilly and damp weather.

Opted for dinner at the Curry Club and had a great Indian meal. We were served so much food we took home a couple of 'doggie' bags. The weather wasn't cooperating, but it was just great to have a change of scenery and catch up on some rest and reading. A great Italian meal at Antonio's before we departed on Friday. The plan was to travel the short distance to Yarrawonga to where we planned to catch up with the Thomas' for a few days. We had booked adjacent sites at the Yarrawonga Holiday Village.