King Valley Trip 2018

Wandering around the King Valley  .... few wineries to visit and a few country pubs to frequent starting with the Mountain View in Whitfield...

Crossing Eildon at Bonnie Doon

The road from Mansfield to Whitfield

Just arrived at Whitfield ... setting up

Setup at the Whitfield Caravan Park ... if you come here bring your satellite dish ... no TV reception ... lovely little park

Sites are quite big ... and only about 500 metres to the Pub.

The old Beechworth Hospital

Of the old Hospital only the front facade remains

Powder storage building ... note the lightning protection

Water falls at Beechworth

Flowers in the Beechworth Gorge

Whorouly Hotel in Whorouly

Ovens River at Whorouly

Commercial Hotel Beechworth

Shorty took a fancy to this apron

Was going to buy the wife a trinket ... thought better of it

Empire Hotel Beechworth

Telegraph Station at Beechworth

Memories

Checkout the Skeleton Phone ... worth a few dollars

Waterfall near Beechworth

Milawa Bakery .. nice pies

Milawa Hotel

Moyhu Hotel ... caravan park in the back ... we will stay here next time

Mountain View Hotel at Whitfield .. owned by the Pizzini family

Paradise Falls near Whitfield

Easy to get down ... but really steep on the way up

Great views over the King Valley weather has been great but chilly at night

Pizzini Wines at Whitfield

Seven Creeks at Euroa

Seven Creeks Hotel at Euroa

Bathurst 12 Hour - 2018

Bathurst 12 Hour - 2018 ... left Pakenham 25th January ...

Royal Hotel in Benalla 

One must support the country folk

And plenty of room for the Jeep and van ... very conveniant 

First stop Yarrawonga Holiday Park ... expensive $55 per night 

Shorty paddling in the 39 degree heat

Royal Hotel in Berrigan ... Friendly publican

Great name for a BAR 

The main street in Berrigan on Australia Day ... no one cares

The Jeep waiting patiently for us to return from the pub ... 35 degrees  ... cooler than the predicted 39 degrees

Train in a park at Mulwala

Lake Mulwala 

 Royal Mail Hotel in Mulwala

Sitting in the caravan with the aircon on ... pretty cool inside compared to the outside temp 43 degrees ... and that's in the shade

Culcairn Hotel ... 

Model railway in the Junee Railway Museum ... I know who would like this

Best train on display

Reminds me of Thomas the Tank show

Shorty enjoying the dispays

Fireman Shorty

Heaps of three wheelers ... Lazy bike riders

Royal Hotel at Corowa ... too early for a drink ... next time

Cute Pubs in these country towns

A loose nut and bolt on this sign

Shorty loves these silo's

The owner of this museum must have loved Ford's

And Victa lawnmowers

Royal Hotel in Harden ... seen better days ... sadly closed

Nice looking Pub but crap meals

Is religion dead ???

Love these old buildings

The old open wire ... Shorts down Opens up

Strange names for a Pub ... suppose it beats naming it the Royal

Cootamundra Railway Station ... don't build them like this now

The statue of Ray "Rabbit" Warren  ... a great Rugby League caller

Junee Hotel ... has great meals

Royal Hotel in Temora ... to early to have a drink

Royal Hotel in the very little town of Caragabal

Shorty having a drink until the wasps drove us back inside

Parked outside the Royal Hotel in Caragabal

Royal Hotel in Grenfell ... didn't feel like a drink ... so we didn't stop

Afternoon tea stop

Pity it wasn't a Royal Hotel ... we would have stopped

Royal Hotel in Canowindra ... cute town

Leaving Canowindra Caravan Park

Royal Hotel in Orange



Having lunch and a drink at the Royal Hotel in Orange

Arriving at Bathurst 

Caravan setup for the weekend

Starting to get busy ... and it's only Wednesday

Nothing like having two sites to spread out

Publicity shot with some of the drivers

The BMW Team Schnitzer

KTM X-Bow GT4

McLaren 650S GT3

Must be a Bogan Ute

Funny

That's me being taken for a spin in an VW Ute

Cool looking Merc  AMG GT3

Few used tyres

Pirelli camp

Heineken Bar

Getting ready for the 5:45am start

Fans getting coffee before the race starts

Behind the pits

Getting ready for the rolling start

This car didn't even make the start line

The Paddock Campground

Check out all the cans ... these campers were in there 50's and 60's ... Bogans

Ryan and his mate Eddie