It was dripping drizzle when I first walked Blue. By the time we drove one kilometre into the Benalla CBD the drizzle had become rain. We had breakfast at the Rustik Cafe and Foodstore. The food and coffee were good but not sensational.
Poor Blue and Tilly stayed huddled together in the car, not appreciating the low temperature. They warmed up once we were driving.
We finally left boring four lane highways, following the picturesque Midland and Goulburn Valley Hwys. Our planned first stop was going to be Yea so we contacted a Roadie friend who lives in that town and had a brief catch up. Blue recognised Val and her dog Charlie, but seemed troubled by the different context.
Yea was established in the mid 1800s so has many historic buildings, such as the post office.
The final leg of today’s trip was along the Melba Hwy, passing numerous vineyards and wineries. The rain stopped but there was a lot of mud on our allocated site at the Lilydale caravan park.
Previously we have stayed in sites on the other side of this park, but it will be full over the weekend so we had to take the site allocated. We unhitched and connected power and water for the first time since Stockton. I hosed the mud and dirt off the concrete slab, put up the awning, and laid out two annex mats over the muddy area to stop traipsing it into the van.
For dinner we ordered Indian which I collected. It was OK but not as good as we recalled from an earlier visit. Tomorrow I am going to visit my 92 year old father who according recent reports is eating and drinking very little.
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