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  1. In Tasmania!

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    We did spend a night with Rod and Jewel, and Rick and Lee, then we all caught up again for a night a few days later.  There was some alcohol involved but not too much.  You see, we are all responsible drinkers these days.  That, plus the fact we all need to be in bed early :D

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  3. In Tasmania!

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    We arrived in Tasmania a couple of days ago, after a roughing crossing on the Spirit of Tasmania.  It has been cool and damp since we arrived, but we expected that.  

     

    We spent two days at the by-donation camp at Forth, then today moved to the CMCA RV camp at Railton.  This is a lovely camp, on nice green grass, and there is a covered shelter where happy hours are held each afternoon, a great innovation.

     

    And icing on the cake, we are next door to another Kedron; Rod and Jewel.  How good is that!

     

    i will be writing a trip report and putting it up in a few weeks.

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  5. Tasmania here we come!

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    In the morning, hopefully bright and early, we launch onto our latest trip.  This time we plan to be away from home about five months, and we are including Tasmania for four months of that time.

    We will take nearly a week to travel from home in the Barossa Valley (SA) and reach Melbourne.  Then we go over to Devonport on the ferry on 21 March.

    Although we have been to Tasmania before, we have never taken the van.  It is a bit scary to consider getting the van down to that wharf but I am sure we will manage it OK.

    If any of you see us, please say hello!

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  9. Where are you right now?

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    OK, right now we are at another special spot.  It is called Lake Ratzcastle, 12 kms South of the small (as in very small) town of Goroke, Victoria.  This is the Wimmera which is full of lakes and water reserves.  Of course, in dry years they are not all full of water.  But this is a good year and our Lake is full to the brim.

     

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    It is a lovely quiet spot, with flushing toilets, a tap and a hot shower.  Donation is requested.  And it would be very bad form not to pay a fee for such special surroundings.  Here we are.

     

     

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  12. Where are you right now?

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    We are now in a really special place.  The small town of Moyston, Victoria, has a Recreation Reserve in which they provide power and water sites for $10 a night.  The Reserve is quite lovely and has a heap of sporting facilities like a tennis court, netball court, cricket, football oval and a boules court.  While there is not much in the town (a small general store and cafe) it is right on the doorstep of the Grampians.  Here we are, under the pine trees

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  16. An interesting day yesterday

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    59 minutes ago, kakadu said:

    Make sure you visit Maldon which is just outside of Castlemaine if you have time, It is a beautiful place. I spend a lot of weekends free camping at the 

    Butts camp ground there .I was born in Maldon and love going back there

     

    Kakadu

     

    Yes, Maldon is another spot I could happily live.  The old buildings....the lovely countryside!  We will go look at Butts Reserve.

  17. An interesting day yesterday

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    49 minutes ago, Nev and Penny said:

    Castlemaine is indeed a beautiful town, very quaint, lots of old buildings, the museum/ art gallery  is worth a look. A must try is Castlemaine Rock in a round yellow tin, a yummy hard candy peppermint .

    I was fortunate enough to have been born there, my grandfather was the town dentist.

    Cheers

    Penny

    Any correlation between the Castlemaine Rock and dentistry...?  :lol:

     

    We have been here a few times before and absolutely love the area.  I would happily live here.  We drove out to Mt Alexandra and looked at the two camp sites out there, but realised they will not be too good in the hot weather which is coming 

     

    You were lucky to be born here.

  19. An interesting day yesterday

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    We are now at Castlemaine, at a caravan park which charges fiercely at $50 a night (peak season!). I didn’t realise the cost when booking, There is a story about the booking...

     

    Yesterday was an interesting day. Not for the right reasons. We had booked at a caravan park in Melbourne, for five nights. A Big4 we have stayed at several times before. Since our last visit, they have removed more van sites and put in more cabins, as they are wont to do.

     

    Our booking was made two months ago for a specific site which would fit our van, a 19 footer with a long drawbar.

     

    We arrived about 1.00pm after a fair drive, and entered a tension filled reception office. The staff were all frazzled, and it related to booking confusion. They said it had been a hard day. It looked like it, too. Anyway, we gave our name and booking reference. We were told someone else had been placed on that site but they would try very hard to find an alternative site we would fit. This took a looong time, with muttered referring to the computers by two staff. Eventually a site was found.

     

    We drove in to see it. It was among a pile of tents, next to a cabin and an impossible angle to get onto it. So we asked for our deposit back and left.

     

    It seems someone had before we arrived been accommodated at short notice, and took someone else’s site, who then took someone else’s site who then....you get the picture. All this was done by the park staff who probably just prayed we would fit the given site, or not turn up. Grrrr.

     

    So we rang Castlemaine and booked a site here. Another nearly two hours travel and we arrived. It is a delightful town and lovely park and we are now relaxing.

     

    The road detours due to closure of part of the Western Ring Road out of Melbourne did not assist either. Without a very good Hema navigator we would have been lost.

     

    As I said, it was an interesting day.

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  20. Keen for Kedron

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    It is great to see you deciding to join the Kedron ‘family’.  The product is second to none, with beautifully constructed vans, and the Gall family, who own the product, are great to deal with.  They produce a product which represents their family, and their pride shows.

     

    As Tony says, consider becoming a financial member, especially once you have a van on order.  There is additional information in a section of the forum available only to financial members.

    Chris

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  22. Where are you right now?

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    We are now at Mount Gambier in South Australia’s Limestone Coast.  You understand, Mt G is not actually on the coast, but that is the name of the region.  It is so hot and windy today that we moved to a powered site at the Showgrounds this morning.

     

    It is a great spot; power and water on nice green grass, for $22 a night.  We have been camping at a national park for a few nights (42 Mile Crossing on the Coorong) and then two nights camping at the Kingston RV park which is $10 for two nights.  Kingston obviously recognises the value of visitors.  It was busy there as you would expect in the Summer school holidays, but not too bad.  We got that lovely spot down the back behind the shady tree....

     

    Our plan is to stay at Mt Gambier until Monday when we move over to Lower Glenelg National Park to a riverside campground.

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  25. Where are you right now?

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    40 minutes ago, RickA said:

    We are currently at Old Macs farm near Launceston. A lovely spot for $10 a night.We move into our next house sit in Acacia Hills on Sat.for a month ,so will be off the road for idiot season.:)

    Looking forward to catching up with more people when you come down to Tassie.We have caught up with Eric and Lesley also Glen and Deb.

     

    So you will be finished that house sit by the time we get down there!

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