The trip started on a rather hot morning following the two HOT days in Adelaide. I think it was over 30 when I set off and that set the tone of the day.
It got hotter and hotter as I hit the Mallee, peaking at about 41 somewhere near Deniliquin.
I didn't actually go the way i had planned, following the Tom Tom slavishly, then realising I it was taking me one of the alternative routes.
First stop was Lameroo, where the Loomeroo got a watering down.
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| The loo at Loomeroo. |
Hot out of the car, great to get back into the cool of the A/C.
So hot was it that the heat through the window caused the iPhone to shut down-TOO hot.
Held in front of the A/C outlet sorted that out.
All the major centres the Tom Tom took a dislike too, so all the signs to Albury were avoided, ditto with Wodonga etc until I hit Yackandanda.
By this time I am running out of fuel, and onto the reserve tank-I have done over 900 km.
Mount Beauty is the last fuel so I head in and get about 90 litres.
Then comes the slowest part of the trip, the 26 km to Falls Creek, on a very twisty turning road that requires 2nd and 3rd gear most the time.
The Tom Tom gets lost in Mount Beauty, however I finally find Parallel Road and then the Schuss. I manage to squeeze the car into a tiny space right in front.
I am the last to arrive and the only one to drive across in one day it seems, tho Malcolm may have done.
I am in a room on my own, down three flights of stairs.
The Schuss is very well equipped. The wine is open and the BBQ started.
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