Winterwood Park Beechworth

... I settled on a canny combo from the northeast of England who go by the name of Dire Straits (look out for them they are going to sell zillions of records). Now I know that I am being terribly unfashionable and the several members of the nuns will be tutting loudly – like they day when ever Rupe tries to get Romeo and Juliette going – but I don’t care – top tracks that I have not heard in the longest time.

Can't believe how early we had to get up this morning - 3:30am NZ time (which is 1:30am Aus time) to get to the airport.
But it was all good. Watched the Twilight movie on the plane on the way home and now i cant wait to see New Moon!

Coming through customs in Australia was funny as i had to go in the high security line due to my Maouri souviner that i brough back with me that is classified as a weapon. I was just glad that Border Security wasnt there to film me haha.

... at some point find some time to cool down a bit, the last couple of days have been quite hectic, I’ve been given more and more responsibility at work and there just seems to be no time for anything else.

I don’t know exactly how much longer I will be staying in Melbourne, I’m guessing about 2-3 weeks max, I gotta move on!

Alrighty guys, I love you & miss you!! Hope to hear from you..

xox Inka

... with my Aunt further down the road starting to pull off all her layers.

The ride took us through farmland which wasn't quite so interesting to look at but Erin eventually caught us up, having taken a wrong turn three times ;) As we turned into the midway check point the rest of the group were just getting ready to leave so in the end it was just Erin and I taking a short rest. We decided to take our time but get started on riding without a long break - I was ...

... the details of our lives. Jason's kids had 'adopted' the kids from another family, so all us adults sat around for the afternoon talking about our relative journeys, the benefits of various cars (a very important topic when one travels all the time) and then the lady from the other family piped up with 'Our house has ghosts in it'. This led to a fascinating discussion on the activities of these ghosts, I offered my opinion that they were not ghosts at all, but demons, and they ...

... head for X town, turn off for the limestone quarry, then follow the signs to Holey Plains camping area.' In some cases, this would have sufficed, but for the few details it left out... namely 'turn off the highway and head for Y town before heading for X town', always an important one, the fact that the limestone quarry was called Calcimo or something equally helpful, and the fact that once one reached the State Park, there was a 7km drive along a very long and winding road. Hence, by ...

... holes of golf at the largest public access golf course in Australia here, go waterskiing or fishing, so it is popular with all sorts of tourists. On to Rutherglen, another wine area. Looks like this weekend is turning into a wine tour! We sampled wines from Lake Moodemere Winery on the banks of the Lake, and when we arrived a group of cyclists was already enjoying the scenery and no doubt the produce. They were from Perth, and come here every year on a ...

... hiking trails still had picturesque scenery and allowed us to enjoy the wilderness. We chose a trail that passed by a beautiful dam and then led us to a mountain peak overlooking the resort, the valley below and the mountain ranges in New South Wales. While descending from the peak (mind you, carrying only our small daypacks) we met these teenage scouts with huge backpacks in their backs going on their way up and, boy, did they look miserable! We ...

... dem Schurken, sind wir durch den Ort und die umliegenden Waelder gewandelt. Am Woolshed Creek haben wir unsere Fuesse ins kuehlen Nass getaucht und die Natur genossen. Zurueck auf der Strasse nach Albury haben wir einen kleinen Zwischenstopp bei einem Erdbeerfeld eingelegt. Koestlich so schoen rote, suesse Beeren Anfang Dezember! Dann ging es noch weiter zum Staudamm des Lake Hume. Leider hatten wir unsere Wakeboards nicht dabei ;-).

... we met up with another gapper, Edwina Lumsden. She and her sister Anna were at a town nearby about to head off to a family get toether. Luckily though it worked out that we got to have lunch with them at the bakery! Peter treated us to 6 different meat pies, a sausage role, and lots of different sweet baked goods! My non-dairy diet went out the window for the day but I still think it was worth it! It was so delicious! Afterwards we headed to the "Lolly Shop ...