There was no rush this morning so we took it easy and checked out at a bit after 9. Most of the other guests were gone by then.
We drove back into the Horsham city centre to the “Naughty Fox” cafe and found ourselves breakfast before heading on our way.
As we headed towards the Grampians we came to the edges of the burnt bush from the Summer bushfires.
Our first stop was at Dadswell Bridge, where we took a tourist shot for the kids of Trev standing in front of the giant koala. He still looks as strange as ever. The koala is lucky to still be unburnt.
We stopped at the park with a lake in the centre of Maryborough to eat lunch, and watched the pacific black ducks enjoying the water while we ate and admired the reflections and colours of changing leaves
From here it wasn’t too bad a hop on to Castlemaine.
We took a while to find a significant tree that I had heard about and was keen to show the walkers tomorrow. Thanks Alison for the tip.
We had time to unpack and get our bearings at the Caravan Park before the first Happy Hour at 5:30.
All the walkers are keen and ready to get going , with 2/3rds choosing the longer of the 2 walks tomorrow.
Luvapuzzle 