Troopin' 2004


Katie and Brad's 2004 Trip Around Australia


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24/02/2004 - Stage 1, Day 7, Page 2 - Melbourne to Mildura, VIC with pics - uploaded late on 1/03/2004 from Roxby Downs, SA

Greetings to all from sunny Roxby Downs. Well, we finally made it here. At least we've done something that was on our plan!

Before I go ahead and explain the last few days, I'll show you some of the pictures we couldn't upload with our last web update. But just a quick note on picture quality. We tried to drop the image quality on our camera to make the pictures quicker to download on the website, but it didn't really work out well. Some of the pictures are therefore at a pretty crap resolution, but this won't happen with any of our future updates.

The picture to follow is our first campsite at the Grampians, near the Smiths Mill camping area (we drove further down the track and camped out in the bush)
Our bush camp in the Grampians National Park

Being the first night out and all (18/02/2004), we needed to make a loaf of bread. Humm, how many coals does it take to get a camp oven up to 230 degrees Celcius? We discussed the topic and decided that that sounded pretty hot, so we went all out on the coals! Have a look at the two loaves of bread in the foreground of the following two pictures. The black charred lump on the left is attempt one. We were FAR too keen with the coals, so we tried again after dinner and on the right is attempt two! A perfect loaf of pasta dura bread! Fit for a king!
The first two attempts to make fresh bread in the camp oven

The first two attempts to make fresh bread in the camp oven

On our third day out (20/02/2004) we dropped in at Mount Crozier for a look-see before having lunch at Rocket Lake. The first picture to follow is Bradley heading off on a mission from god at the Mount Crozier camping area. The second picture is Bradley heading up the steps to the lookout. And what did we see?? Mile after mile of mallee scrub of course!
Bradley on a mission from god at Mount Crozier camping ground!

Walking up the steps to the lookout above Mount Crozier camping ground

We took a couple of pictures at the Rudd's on the day we left Mildura (24/02/2004). Here is me in front of the sultana drying racks and the vines.
Katie in front of the drying racks holding the Rudd's last sultana harvest ever

And here's Bradley and Peter (driving the tractor). Peter was in the midst of cutting off all of his grape vines because he's going to pull them all out this year and plant his property in chardonay grapes.
Bradley standing next to Peter on the tractor at the end of a row of vines

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