GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #28 | Page 54

THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL ON THE SILO TRAIL LIONEL, IT SEEMS, HAS BEEN ALL OVER VICTORIA, THIS TIME TO VIEW THE STATE’S AMAZING SILO ART. Once again it was a very busy month with a quick trip up to Leeton to attend an annual gathering of Apex 40, then down to Colac for a muster of the ACC Lone Trekkers group, followed by an interesting few days travelling with two Tassie ACC friends to view painted silos in the Wimmera/ Mallee district. We started by doing the Wimmera Silo Art Trail first. The first night, we stayed at the lovely campsite at Brim – it's free but if you want power, it's available for $10 a night. The second night was by the beautiful Lake Lascelles at Hopetoun. It was here that I tried out Yemmy's oven to cook a leg of lamb and roast spuds for the three of us. There were also veggies and gravy and the meal received a tick from us all. We then decided to explore the north of the state and were very glad we did as once again the silo art was outstanding plus we were able to camp behind the pub at Goorambat and partake of their great food. While looking at the Memorial Silo at Devenish, a lady in the crowd looked at me and said, “You're Lionel.” READ FULL STORY 54 \ It was one of our ACC members. She and her late husband had stayed at my farm stay some years ago. It was lovely catching up even though it was just briefly. I've learnt since that she is one of the moderators of the ‘Pub Camping’ Facebook group. In between all of my travels, I had a 'no fault' collision while coming home from shopping that resulted in my Hyundai Getz being written off as a ‘repairable wreck’. My insurance company paid me the ‘market value’ amount, which I thought was very reasonable as I only had third party, fire and theft cover, and I'll wait until I get back from my trip up north before getting a replacement vehicle. See you down the track.