THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
A CLOSE MUSTER
LIONEL HEADS TO AN AUSTRALIAN CARAVAN CLUB MUSTER … ONLY MINUTES AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE !
My Australian Caravan Club branch – the ACC Gippsland Gypsies – held its first muster this year at Stawell – just 10km from my home ! I thought it was going to be a very relaxed few days but it turned out to be just the opposite .
I ' ve lived in Stawell , Vic , for about eight years but had never been to the nearby Grampians Gate Caravan Park before , although I ' d driven past it plenty of times . I was in for a surprise – my site was right beside a lovely lake that I didn ' t know existed .
Yemmy doesn ' t have air-conditioning so sleeping in the heat was almost impossible . I ' ve since bought a lovely little evaporative air cooler that I ' m sure will make it much more comfortable on hot nights .
Seppalts Winery in Great Western was our Saturday destination but we hadn ' t anticipated a detour . A car and truck had collided on the approach to the town and emergency vehicles of all sorts , lights flashing , were filling the street .
I ’ d been to this winery before but our tour guide made it very interesting . She made us laugh when she said we could ask as many questions as we liked and if she didn ' t know the answer , she ' d make one up !
The next morning , after our traditional bacon and egg breakfast , the rest of the members went on a tagalong tour of the area while I was picked up by our bandmaster and taken to Halls Gap where our brass band was giving a recital – fortunately , they had put up a gazebo for us to play under – we needed the shade as the temp was around 40 degrees !
Back at the park , the owners had supplied us with the meat for the barbecue and also a ‘ pass the parcel ’ game . The parcel had many layers and a question on each layer – the person with the best answer was given the parcel and got a little present before passing it on .
One question was “ who is the oldest member here ?” Of course , at 89 I won that ! Then “ who has crossed the Nullarbor the most times ?” My “ 13 times ” answer won easily but I was banned after that !
The next morning , I was packed up and on the road early and was home by 8.30am , with all of 10km to drive !
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