Well the storm dumped 16.5mm of rain here, but it also brought down branches & trees some of which ended up on the walking track. So it's off to see the wizard, well at least the wizard will have to take his chainsaw and clean up the mess.
Talking of mess I sent a parcel interstate, registered post, and decided to make sure it was received at the other end, so I rang Australia Post to check. Now after 20 minutes of having to listen to their c*%@ self promotion ads I am giving up, 'fair dinkum' those slack b's! Why would someone use Australia Post if they had any other choice are they saying only their time is important.
Pioneers
No internet connection here!
Coral Bay, Western Australia
The Princess and a wonderful place to snorkle
Broome, Western Australia
Anastaisia's Pool, Broome, W.A.
'Our Baby'
Campervan & anex
Some illegal parkers
Park anywhere, don't worry about those with a caravan.
Caravan parking
No room, so over grassed area!
Caravan parking
Even a small van is too long
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Travelers towing caravans around Australia should think twice about going to Benalla with their caravan. For more than ten years my partner and I fought to have the town allocate caravan parking areas for tourists, in the end there were two such spaces allotted, 'in a busy car-park'. It was pointed out to the relevant authorities that the spots are to small and to hard to park all but the smallest caravans. The caravan spots are some 300 plus meters from the present 'tourist information' building, never ideal for the elderly or in-firmed.
Another major problem facing caravaners is the fact that the council does not police the two caravan spots, but allows 'all and sundry' to park in these two spaces. It would appear that touists are not encouraged, in fact I have heard 'from the horses mouth' that the council didn't deem Benalla to be a tourist destination, and so didn't need to put in place any tourist infrastructure.
We have also tried for many years to have a tourist bike path put into place to join up those already in place,and being built, in other areas of the North East of Victoria. And the answer has consistently been 'we are not a tourist destination' or we haven't got the money. The Victorian Government has, over the past years, poured millions of dollars into other areas of the state for the very same type of bike paths as we have been wanting for Benalla.
So whilst there is a wonderful man-made lake in Benalla and other splendid tourist destinations in the area, think twice if you have a caravan or wish to cycle around the area.
Caravaners are generally a very astute group of people, and if the are not made welcome they 'go somewhere else' to spend their money. Benalla is missing out on an enormous amount of tourist dollars, and rightly so. So as I said, think twice before making Benalla a stop over.