Temp: 7-25 degC, fine and sunny
Drive: 273km; total towed: 4384km
Ride/walk: 12km
Quite fresh this morning but we resisted the temptation to turn on the heater. Instead we got up and got mobile. We were on the road before 7:30am and whilst it was 273km to drive, it was quite an easy distance compared to some of our days and we wanted to take it easy and maybe stop at Morven and Mitchell. We think we will come back to this area for a week away sometime to do these small towns. We did stop in Mitchell but only for breakfast/mornos combined. We stopped beside a historical museum and were going to go inside but after eating we decided to push on to our final stop of Roma.
We refuelled before setting up at the Roma Gun Club in their car park. We are in an un-powered and no water site for $15. It is no different to a free camp somewhere however, this is more secure.
The drive today was lumpy to very lump in places, and very smooth in others.
After lunch we went for a ride into town. On our return, Gunther and Yvonne had arrived so we chatted for a while and made a plan to meet up again for pre-dinner drinks. Over drinks we chatted for a long time, so much so that it became quite fresh and we all (including Gunther) had to retire to our vans. Dinner was had, then blog, teeth and bed.
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| Some old cows at the museum at Mitchell |
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| Mornos stop at Mitchell |
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| We are staying at the Roma Gun Club with Clay Pigeon shooting. This is on the amenities block, not sure why it is there, perhaps it means something?? |
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| Roma Gun Club, powered sites on the right, we are on the left |
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| The other end of the car park, mostly powered sites |
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| Roma |
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| An old pub at Roma |
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| Interesting Clock Tower, Roma |
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| Avenue of Heroes, Roma - each Bottle Tree has a plaque with a soldier's name on it and the inscription Lest we Forget |
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| St Pauls Anglican Church, Roma |
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| As above |
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| The organ in St Pauls |
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| The old Roma State School re-purposed as the South West Hospital and Health Service |
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| Roma's largest Bottle Tree, over 100 years old and has a girth of approx 9.5m |
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| The flower from the Bottle Tree - very pretty |
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| Our ride today |
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| Gunther, Yvonne, Greg and Wendy at Roma |
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| Early sunset at the Gun Club Roma |
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| Roma sunset |
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| Sunset; taken 10 minutes after the picture two above |
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