Bairnsdale to Ballarat

We left Bairnsdale in beautiful sunshine with Wayne in his shorts and tee-shirt. As we were driving along it soon became obvious that Wayne was going to have to change into something much warmer as it dropped to 11 degrees. We drove through rain and heavy winds to our morning tea stop. We had to detour through Morwell as the Freeway has subsided due to mining and the floods. We figure that Victorians should be reminded that this is SUMMER!! The detour eventually put us back on the Freeway and it was an easy drive around Melbourne and onto the Ballarat road - much less stressful than going through Sydney. We stopped near a Roadhouse for our lunch. (photo above)

Arrived here around 2:30, set up for our two night stay and had our happy hour. It is quite chilly! We might just use our electric blanket to-night?

We are booked into the 9pm 'Blood on the Southern Cross' show at Sovereign Hill to-night.