AVALON REST AREA – LOCKHART VIA GRAMPIANS
A much more relaxed day. However this morning started with a problem. Last night when we pulled up at Avalon we could smell diesel outside the car. Didn’t think much of it as we were camping at a rest area at a large sevice centre. When we came back from the service centre we smelt it in the front cabin. We immediately thought of a broken tube near the motor. (We’ve experienced this several years ago). Hubby decided to look at it in the morning, as it was not dripping any fuel, and there would be better light. So in the morning the first thing was to check it and sure enough there was a pin prick in the diesel fuel line. What amazed him was that the worn part of the rubber had left a groove in the block. He shortened the line and is going to make sure that he has the right tubing with him in case it needs replacing.
A drizzly day today but not as cold. Over the radio they forecast snowfalls above 1700 metres. I am over my cold but hubby has come down with it. We travelled through Skipton to Lake Bolac. The town has pride. It is very welcoming. I loved the sculptures outside the information centre.
The information centre was great. Nowhere else have I come across information about what is grown in the area, the types of grains, grasses in the area.
I decided that the postcards for grandkids will start here, so several postacards later we were ready to leave. We continued on towards Dukeld past old homes and
sheep grazing in the fields.
The Grampians emerged through the haze.
We decided to drive through the Grampians. It is a beautiful place but you need lots of time to explore it properly. We were last here when the children were young. We will come back here one day just to see the place.
With all the drizzling rain the windows were getting quite streaky so we pulled over to clean them.
We pushed on as far as Lockhard near the South Australian and Victorian borders as the sun set.
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