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Victorian Easter Roadtrip

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This was a 4 day, 3 night solo roadtrip with intended destination of Halls Gap in the Grampians and returning via Bendigo. Anything else was spur of the moment.

Ingredients:

* Little car full of fuel

* $400 cash only

* 1 backpack of clothes and toiletries

* 15L of drinking water

* 4 bottles of tap water

* 1 bucket

* wet wipes

* 4 packets of no-draining flatpacked salmon

* 1 bag of rice cakes

* 400g of almonds

* small bag of Californian dates

* an adventurous spirit.

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Ethereal Wanderer

  1. 1

    Strawberry picking!

    Bacchus Marsh, Australia | Mar 19 '08 | Reviews: 2

    A previous impromptu road trip lead me to stumble upon a unique activity - strawberry picking. This time I made sure I arrived before their 5pm clo... Continue reading »

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    Ararat lookout

    Ararat, Australia | Mar 20 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Ararat is only 50kms away from Halls Gap so having left at 6am this morning, I didn't think it would be worth while getting into a tourist town so... Continue reading »

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    Halls Gap

    Halls Gap, Australia | Mar 20 '08 | Reviews: 2

    I continued out of town at about 60km-70km/h in an 80km/h zone. <Tip for travelling on Australia's road: At dawn and dusk is when animals like t... Continue reading »

  4. 4

    Mt. Moliagul Lookout

    Mt. Moliagul, Australia | Mar 21 '08 | Reviews: 0

    I knew following random brown signs could lead me into trouble. 8kms of erroded dirt road is no good for a little car with small wheels. Definitely... Continue reading »

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    Bendigo festivities

    Bendigo, Australia | Mar 21 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Bendigo is famous for its gold mining history. Every Easter time there is a large celebration involving Chinese dragon performances due to its Chin... Continue reading »

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    Melville Caves

    Kooyoora State Park, Australia | Mar 22 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Melville Caves was a lot of fun a for a nature loving, rock scrambling creature like myself. But you make of it what you wish. To some it could be... Continue reading »

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