Tuesday 21st. Feb

A Left the polluted Colac Lake earlyish, with the blue/green algae involved, this certainly put us off any swimming, fishing or watersports that the guidebook suggested. But a fairly pleasant stay anyway. Arrived there about 4pm yesterday, a strong wind was blowing hard across the lake and was making a cool sound as it passed by the hollow section of steel from our bulbar. We had parked up parallel to the lake. It sounded like a cross between a flute and a didgeridoo, a deep, rhythmic, whistling sound. So after a day of shopping, organising, clothes washing, park playing, pie eating, rug buying, haircutting, cow milking, cheese buying and all that other stuff, we finally arrived into the welcome haven and safe harbour of Kangaroobie, a great farm in Princetown, not far from the 12 Apostles. We plan to stay here for a little while and finalise a few loose ends, and I am going to paint the roof of our bus. There is a bit of rust happening upstairs, so I am going to give her a bit of a lick. We also stopped at our friends cheese factory for a cuppa. Apostle Whey Cheese is on the Simpson Road, check it out! . Dianne and Julian helped us out of a sticky moment 5 years ago when our headlights blew near their place on our way to Kangaroobie for Matt and Soph’s wedding. They are dairy farmers who want to stop relying on the dismal prices that the milk companies are paying them and create a future where they have control of their own destiny. They have started making cheese recently in a newly constructed factory and shop next to their dairy and I reckon they will do very well. It is a fairly similar step that I have taken with my artwork, trying something a bit different. We talked about enjoying the different challenges that a new pursuit like this brings. We watched the black and white cows being milked for a while. The kids have now been cured from any desire they may have had to be a dairy farmer when Julian received a fresh cow pat on his hat. No, the cow did not pat him on the hat…….. Is a pat really a pat before it hits the ground…?? Aaah, so many questions and no Google on tap. Will try and put these posts up tomorrow