Thursday 23rd January - Lilydale to Warragul
A mild 14.8 overnight and a cool 20.7 during the day. What is it with this Victorian weather? It rained most of last night. We had 21mm and it been raining on and off again most of the day. We left about 10.30am to make our way to the Princes Highway. A nice slightly windy road, but really pretty countryside. We pulled over at a truck stop near Gumbuya. This looks like a water slide park. You could hear screams, so someone must be having fun. The weather is way too cold for us. This other car pulled up next to us and then turned around. I asked Clive which way we were going and he said that we can go straight ahead as it joins the highway again. I pointed out the window and said 'No you can't'. He said 'why'? Well because there is a huge tree across the road. It must have got blown over with the wind the other day. A bit of reversing and we managed to do a U-turn and re-join the highway. Hopefully someone has reported it so that it can be cleared. Finally some sunshine around 7pm. The rain has been a brown colour, thanks to the dust storm in Mildura. The car is a dirty brown. This rain has also polluted rivers and pools, with shops running out of chemicals.