THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
GETTING THE BOOT
AN AUSTRALIAN CARAVAN CLUB MUSTER AND SHOES ON A FENCE … JUST ANOTHER MONTH , REALLY .
I was a bit apprehensive about going to an Irish festival with my nemesis , Murphy , along but he kept his head down most of the time . Our ACC branch , the Gippsland Gypsies had organised a muster at Koroit for the festival and our ACC Great Ocean Roaders branch was also there for the weekend . The lovely little town had a distinct hue of green and was full of Irish activity all weekend , including a very colourful parade on the Saturday . Meanwhile , while exploring the coast west of Port Fairy recently , looking at a free camp near the sea , I came across a surprising sight : hundreds of boots and shoes along a fence by the roadside ! The free camping area is where the Fitzroy River meets the sea and it looked a lovely place to spend a day or two if you have your own facilities , although there is a toilet a little walk from the camping area . I thought I ' d got to the camping area and was surprised to see a sign that said No Camping . It was the boat launching area and the quite large camping reserve was a little further on with a few shady trees and a view of the river .
LONE TREKKERS AT ILLAWARRA
The Australian Caravan Club has a Special Interest Group ( SIG ) called Lone Trekkers for members who travel on their own and they convened a muster at my place in the Victorian district of Illawarra recently . The weather was cold and windy , so most gatherings were in my lovely warm lounge room and the promised campfire wasn ' t lit until the last night when a couple of hardy souls toasted their fronts and froze their backs for a little while . Nine of us gathered for a weekend that included happy hours , a mystery tour of the lovely Grampians , a bacon and egg breakfast , a visit to Ararat that took in the view from One Tree Hill , the monthly market , the Chinese Museum and J Ward – formerly a jail for the criminally insane . J Ward was interesting but very depressing . Imagine the freezing cold cells in the winter and having to take all your clothes off outside the cell before you were locked in your small room with only a canvas ‘ anti-suicide ’ blanket on your bed !
See you down the track .
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