Cobram - Melbourne

After our over indulgence week at Echuca we traveled a little further along the Murray to Cobram. Our main reason for going to Cobram was to catch up with our friends Bridget and Don who only live just up the road from the Willows Caravan park where we base ourselves. We were very spoilt while we were there for the couple of days with Bridget cooking for us both nights, more food and drinks to round those tummies. Tuesday Don and Bridget picked us up and took us out for the day stopping along the way at an olive grove where they sold an array of olive oil products, so of course I just had to buy a supply of goodies after the samples we were given. Our next stop was at the chocolate factory in Corowa and once again the credit card had a work out, before heading back across the border this time stopping at Rutherglen for an award winning Parker Pie. We had a leisurely stroll along the main street of Rutherglen hoping that was enough exercise for the day to work off the calories as our next stop was going to be at the Boosey Creek Cheese Factory, of course you can guess what append next! On arrival back at the van it was trying to find space for all these extra goodies. Have had an awful smell in the caravan, finally worked out that it was the smelly socks cheese that we had bought, have now locked it in an air tight container.

Wednesday we traveled down to Frankston via Yea, the countryside was a lush green and a few hills to make the trip a bit more interesting rather than traveling down the Freeway and unable to appreciate the countryside. The weather was overcast but ok for traveling, we arrived at the Big 4 Frankston mid afternoon to surprise Pauline & Les as we had previously told them we would not be there until Friday. Thursday the weather was atrocious with rain, and gale force winds around the 50klms and gusting to 80klms, it was a good thing that we were not towing it was bad enough just going out in the Pajero.  On Friday we had to take the van to the Jurgens Factory to get a window replaced and after leaving it there for a couple of hours we ventured to the Westfield Shopping Centre at Fountain Lake for some retail therapy. We were a little disappointed that Kel was not at the butchers shop. Of course Saturday was Grand Final Day, Baz had been to the AFL shop to get himself some brown & yellow and we were able to set ourselves up in the recreational room at the caravan park in front of the big screen.

Today is Sunday our last day after 20 weeks on the road, we are now parked along Beaconsfield Pde in Port Melbourne waiting to board the Spirit and looking forward to catching up with family and friends when we get home.

Until next year!

Watching the Grand Final

Lovely day at Melb waterfront waiting for the ferry