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20180420 Camping at Hawkesdale, a small country town of about 200 people, it has a supply store, Hotel and Post office which are owned and run by the locals and a free camp area with fire pits.  I intended in having an early night until the backpackers started turning up late and slamming car doors, not happy Jan.😠 The Post Office come General store in Hawkesdale. 21-04-2018 After breaky we left for another country town, Macarthur and once again, there's nothing here, as  Des would say  until you actually walk the town and find the history plaques scatted about telling stores of what once made up these little forgotten towns, well I find the interesting. Arriving at our camp and we couldn't beleave our eyes we just pulled into another Blazeaid camp, we parked up, grabbed a beer and went for a chat. Fire night tonight so that means Grandma's getting wacky, 😋 22-04-2018 I woke with a very clear head 😟so we decided to wa...

20180419 Des seems to think we’ve been to Warrnambool but I beg to differ and as I’m always right it must be true and if we did, we obviously drove straight past it so we stopped to check it out.  Well! what little bit of history can I dig up about Warrnambool, yes it was once occupied by the aboriginals, as many as 80,000 years ago until the white man invaded and stuffed it all up but I’m guessing you already knew that. FLAGSTAFF HILL MARITIME VILLAGE Flagstaff Hill is a state heritage site overlooking Lady Bay dating back to the 19th century port and town and holder of Victoria's largest maritime shipwreck collection, have I bored you yet? We stopped at the information centre which turned out to be Flagstaff Hill and I'm taking my usual photo when curiosity got the better of me so through the door I went for a closer look, unaware we had to pay and I know exactly what your all thinking, trust me I’m telling the truth.😏 The Garrison Gun  A Cannon 80 Po...

20180419 We left Terang today with a heavy heart but like they say all good things must come to an end and we were told to check out Mount Noorat in Noorat and after huffing and puffing up the steep hill while keeping our eyes wide open for snakes we finally made it to the top. First we pose for a photo but Des decided to try something different, yep that works, not. 👅   Mount Noorat is a green volcanic cone rising to 313 metres above sea level and was once a meeting and trading place for the aborigines who exchanged stones, spears, skins and other material. If Des would turn around he would see this view, silly man. Noorat was the birthplace of author Alan Marshall who autobiography “I Can Jump Puddles” is the story of his childhood, a happy world despite his battle with polio at the age of 6 years old. Alan and his mates often explored Mt Noorat and on one occasion they went to the bottom, Alan began crawling up the slope but the weight is thrown on his already...

20180410 Well we’re committed now, Des has kindly put our names down to work as volunteer at BlazeAid, what has he got me into this time.  BlazeAid is a volunteer group who support rural communities in Australia affected by natural disaster.  The fires had a devastating effect on Terang and neighbouring districts destroying everything in its path and the stories you here certainly brings tears to your eyes, it’s not just there home that are destroyed but there lively hood is stripped from them.   Des and I have never  been involved in anything like BlazeAid before and I have to say, what an amazing and worthy organization, but it's not just  the volunteers from BlazeAid that make this all possible it's also the communities that rally together in support of their fellow neighbours. A family with five children who started out with nothing, built his farm up from the ground only to have it stripped away by fire and  to add to thei...