The roads were terrible. Congratulations to the Victorian government for putting up signs telling us to slow down due to the horrendously undulating roads, rather than actually spending money on fixing them. I found myself holding onto the steering wheel tighter than a Scotsman clinging to his wallet at some stages.
I would also like to thank Google Maps on my iPhone for sending us driving 15km down one of the least travelled roads, other than the local farmers on their tractors. It was just wide enough for us to remain on bitumen, until we found ourselves destined for a head on collision with some other wayward iOS user.
The sound of the fuel gauge beeping to tell me we only had 40km of diesel left was adding to the comfort of knowing that the next town on the map could be a town with 10 houses and no fuel station. Luckily, I found a place that was pretending to be a caravan park that sold diesel along with some basic supplies that would need you to rob a bank to afford them.
We got to our destination mid afternoon and discovered the park was exactly as described. Manager was very easy to deal with and we could just pick a spot and pay later. The whole place was green grass with huge sites and only about 5 other people here, giving the kids plenty of space to be bored in and not have anything to do.
After a cool night, we got ourselves sorted and went for a walk into town. I am sure that the 50 cars in the Main Street must have been owners of the local shops, because there was not a soul to be seen anywhere. We did eventually meet some of the locals at the IGA, who would have had an average age of 85, but all of which were as friendly and polite as could be.
The main street had some great monuments and old history displays which kept me intrigued in between telling the kids to stop arguing with each other and we ambled back to the park for lunch.
This caravan park is on the edge of "the Little Desert National Park " which meant I had to bundle everyone into the car for a gander at whatever there was to see, whether they wanted to see it or not. It was kind of weird to see such a great meandering river snaking its way through what was otherwise a dry native bushland area, but the roughly graded tracks just kept on going, vaguely following the river and getting deeper into the bush. We spotted some kangaroos and a solitary emu that appeared to be running faster than my normal towing speed, and finally got to a 4wd only section that forced me to turn back.
Forecast for tonight is rain, so I suspect we will be packing up wet gear. We are heading to Naracoorte for lunch, where we are meeting up with Taz's birth human mum and two kids, along with one of her dogs. Unfortunately he can't see his Spoodle mum - Nora - as she is on heat at the moment and is not allowed out. We are then heading to Millicent which will be our home for 3-5 days and see what happens from there.
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