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Reply #190 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 4:32pm

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Drove up to Halls Gap today and then up into the Grampians. What an amazing place. Due to the rain photos not real clear.

The photos from the lookout over Halls Gap township in the valley below the dam had me thinking of horror movies where the dam wall collapses and takes away the whole town

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Reply #191 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 4:46pm

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A Grey Currawong. This bloke was searching around for crumbs after I ate a pie. This is a first for me as we don't get them in Qld.

Took the photo on my phone that is how close it was and no, it wasn't my plastic fork on the ground either Wink

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Reply #192 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 8:13pm

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water level hasnt changed much since we were there

April 2014

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Reply #193 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 8:16pm

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might be these 2 swans

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Reply #194 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 8:21pm

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been there too....great place

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Reply #195 - Jul 11^th, 2016 at 8:24pm

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Enjoying the photos fellas. Even if the weather isn't too good you are getting to see some nice places. It makes me miss not getting away this year.

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Reply #196 - Jul 12^th, 2016 at 12:09pm

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I posted this up on Facebook the other night:

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Some people might think we are mad.

We have a perfectly lovely house with central heating sitting doing nothing while we are parked in the bush in a caravan where it is 1.7 degrees outside.

The wind is around 50 kilometres an hour and the forecast has it gusting to 100 kilometres an hour and it is streaming down with rain. Every gust of wind is shaking the van like anything.

But do you know what??? We are as happy as anything.

The big cold front is coming through tonight. I think you guys in SA have already experienced some of it.

Still showers and 50 to 60 klm winds today but we are ready for it. Current temp is down to 5.2 but BOM say it feels like minus 2.3

Have got plenty of milo and chocolate biscuits Grin

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Reply #197 - Jul 12^th, 2016 at 7:24pm

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Had a bit of a slide on the freeway at 2pm today, two cars into the barrier on the left, one car facing the opposite direction on the right emergency lane, the b double I was following taking up both lanes cab in the left rear trailer in the right
So be careful if driving anywhere in the weather

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Reply #198 - Jul 12^th, 2016 at 7:27pm

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My alarm lock on the chains on my caravan kept going off today...the van was rocking in the wind

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Reply #199 - Jul 12^th, 2016 at 7:30pm

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Wind has eased off here but temp has dropped to 3.5 as I write. BOM has it at minus 2.4 with the wind.

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