THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
ON THE SILO TRAIL
LIONEL, IT SEEMS, HAS BEEN ALL
OVER VICTORIA, THIS TIME TO VIEW
THE STATE’S AMAZING SILO ART.
Once again it was a very busy month with a quick
trip up to Leeton to attend an annual gathering
of Apex 40, then down to Colac for a muster of
the ACC Lone Trekkers group, followed by an
interesting few days travelling with two Tassie
ACC friends to view painted silos in the Wimmera/
Mallee district.
We started by doing the Wimmera Silo Art Trail
first. The first night, we stayed at the lovely
campsite at Brim – it's free but if you want power,
it's available for $10 a night. The second night
was by the beautiful Lake Lascelles at Hopetoun.
It was here that I tried out Yemmy's oven to cook
a leg of lamb and roast spuds for the three of us.
There were also veggies and gravy and the meal
received a tick from us all.
We then decided to explore the north of the
state and were very glad we did as once
again the silo art was outstanding plus
we were able to camp behind the pub at
Goorambat and partake of their great food.
While looking at the Memorial Silo at
Devenish, a lady in the crowd looked at me
and said, “You're Lionel.”
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It was one of our ACC members. She and her late
husband had stayed at my farm stay some years
ago. It was lovely catching up even though it was
just briefly. I've learnt since that she is one of
the moderators of the ‘Pub Camping’ Facebook
group.
In between all of my travels, I had a 'no fault'
collision while coming home from shopping that
resulted in my Hyundai Getz being written off as
a ‘repairable wreck’. My insurance company paid
me the ‘market value’ amount, which I thought
was very reasonable as I only had third party, fire
and theft cover, and I'll wait until I get back from
my trip up north before getting a replacement
vehicle.
See you down the track.