Touring4x4
Adventurer
Tuesday 27th Dec
We hooked up the camper and left Adelaide. Taking the back way through Strathalbyn and across the Ferry at Wellington we joined the highway just out of Tailem Bend. We then called the others to see where they were and Tony & Deb were stopped in Tailem as the Patrol had run hot on the freeway. We doubled back to meet them and, once the Patrol had cooled, we hit the road to Horsham – our first night destination. The other vehicles had left the day before so they were touring the Grampians while waiting for us. It was a pretty uneventful run through to Horsham as the roads were clogged with holiday traffic and there were plenty of police around keen to take our picture. Cant wait to get off the main roads away from the traffic!
We arrived in Horsham at around 4pm, set up the camper trailers and had dinner and a few drinks. Holiday mode had kicked in. Around midnight a cool change arrived and wind squalls started blowing through our camp and for most of the night the wind was unbelievable.
Wednesday 28th Dec
We packed up and drove through to Ballarat for lunch and any last minute “big city” shopping. From Ballarat we headed into the back country through the old gold mining towns and worked our way through to Mansfield. We set up camp, had a look around the town, had a delicious pizza for dinner and then sat around as a group and chatting about the trip and the tracks ahead of us.
Lunch at Tobacco Flat
Upper Jamieson Hut
Mt Buller
We hooked up the camper and left Adelaide. Taking the back way through Strathalbyn and across the Ferry at Wellington we joined the highway just out of Tailem Bend. We then called the others to see where they were and Tony & Deb were stopped in Tailem as the Patrol had run hot on the freeway. We doubled back to meet them and, once the Patrol had cooled, we hit the road to Horsham – our first night destination. The other vehicles had left the day before so they were touring the Grampians while waiting for us. It was a pretty uneventful run through to Horsham as the roads were clogged with holiday traffic and there were plenty of police around keen to take our picture. Cant wait to get off the main roads away from the traffic!
We arrived in Horsham at around 4pm, set up the camper trailers and had dinner and a few drinks. Holiday mode had kicked in. Around midnight a cool change arrived and wind squalls started blowing through our camp and for most of the night the wind was unbelievable.
Wednesday 28th Dec
We packed up and drove through to Ballarat for lunch and any last minute “big city” shopping. From Ballarat we headed into the back country through the old gold mining towns and worked our way through to Mansfield. We set up camp, had a look around the town, had a delicious pizza for dinner and then sat around as a group and chatting about the trip and the tracks ahead of us.
Lunch at Tobacco Flat
Upper Jamieson Hut
Mt Buller
