THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
MUSTERING
THE STRENGTH
ON HIS WAY TO A MUSTER,
LIONEL TOOK THE SCENIC
ROUTE. HIS MOTORHOME,
HOWEVER, WAS NOT
HAPPY ABOUT IT.
When I fed my destination – Omeo, Vic
– into my GPS for my visit to the ACC
Gippsland Gypsies muster, I didn't really look
at the route and it wasn't until I was passing
through such delightful towns as Bright and
Harrietville that I realised I was heading for
the climb up Mt Hotham. It didn't worry me
as I had done it a few times before and I was
enjoying the scenery.
Yemmy had been behaving and hadn't
dropped into ‘limp-home mode’ once during
the early part of the journey so I wasn't
concerned when he decided to go into third
gear for the climb – it was what I would have
selected anyway.
However, when the road flattened out I
stopped and turned the engine off expecting a
return to normal. Wrong! I repeated the process
a number of times but to no avail, so I did the
next 60-plus kilometres at a modest 60km/h.
It was quite tedious and the ETA changed
from arriving by 3.30pm in good time for
happy hour, to more like 4.30. (I still made
happy hour and the scrumptious barbecue
that followed.)
Omeo Caravan Park, Vic.
I was there at last for what turned out to be an
excellent weekend and it was great to catch
up with so many friends, particularly my two
visiting ACC Lone Trekker friends, Sue and Judy
from Adelaide, who offered to take me home
on their way back to South Australia.
It was an offer I gladly accepted as Yemmy
had to be tilt-trucked to my friend Eric's
place at Officer, Vic, for attention to his
transmission! Little did I know they intended
going back over Mt Hotham!
See you down the track.
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