Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Castlemaine

The keys to allow us to fill the van with water have arrived from Brisbane this morning.
The fleet at Ballarat

My poem reading
Danny, Angie and Dean

 After  shooting at the local service station, where THEY still serve you, we headed out of town and stopped in the potato growing township of Dean. After once again mustering the troops, Tania lead the way in the Jayco Conquest motor home.One part of the group kept motoring on to Maldon and we hung back to have a run through the streets of Daylesford rattling tins. The reception was generally pretty good in Daylesford so we then headed to Hepburn Springs. Spa resort is still great. I have a photo somewhere of my great Grandfather and two great aunts sitting on a bench seat near the pavilion in the 1930's and that building is still there today. Up the hill out of Daylesford and heading for Castlemaine. This park, the Big4 is where we stayed about seven months ago and although steep banks run beside the creek on the lower side, the sites are more easy to negotiate today. we arrive en masse and are directed to our sites by Russell. After unhitching and setting up hoses, leads etc, I unlock the water tanks and fill both. we will see how the van behaves tomorrow on the way to Nagambie. Tonights concert was a real winner. John and Ann Westbury did a great job of looking after the barbecue for the crowd, Matt Hollywood was in great form with some new tricks and Danny, Angie Wazza, Dean and Tania sang up a storm. I read the poem of Satnav for the first time and it seemed to go over well.

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