We left home about 1030 and stopped at Keith for lunch before heading on to Serviceton.
At Serviceton we enjoyed a break and caught up with Judith and Graham Carter. Graham was working his way through the remaining 270 sheep that needed shearing.
The next stretch was a bit hairy as we took the back way/ short cut through to the road between Kaniva and Edenhope. This road became a basic muddy track at one stage and we were quite relieved to emerge at the other end in our non- 4WD Volvo.
The next stretch through to Coleraine included some really beautiful views of green countryside dotted with large old gum trees. There were many new lambs, so Graham wasn’t alone in the timing of his lambs ( just about to start arriving). Many Red-rumped Parrots and Crimson Rosellas were feeding along the roadside.
The steep hill down to Coleraine was bumpy and bendy. Pity help any truck losing his brakes and trying to make it to the grassy safety ramp across the up-lane.
Coleraine was displaying an interesting array of animal statues. We noticed two large gray kangaroos, a pig, a cow, a horse (of course) and a chimpanzee(!) as we drove through the town.
The light was fading as we came past the turn off to Wannon Falls (20km out of Hamilton) so we kept on our way, and arrived at our Motel just on 6 pm. We were right opposite the botanic gardens (the 4th oldest in Australia).
We enjoyed the convenient on-site restaurant, rewarding ourselves with delicious steak and red wine before heading back to our comfy room for the night.
We had covered 510 km. That was plenty for our bodies still recovering from Covid.
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