Well we had a super smooth crossing on Saturday night and arrived in Melbourne(stepping forward twenty years in time) and unloaded at 6.30am. Said our goodbyes to Alan and Maureen as we were heading in different directions. I had been teasing Alan about not getting lost trying to get out of Melbourne and guess what, I got lost and ended up in the car park of the entertainment centre while trying to get on the freeway to the east.
Anyway we got out of the 6.30am Sunday morning rush hour and stopped at Nar Nar Goon for breakfast before making our way along the Princes Highway calling in to every town along the way. At Morwell we turned off the freeway and headed south to our friends Cuppa and Mrs T on their property 600 meters up in the hills overlooking the Latrobe Valley. Along the way we passed through much of the country which was devastated by the Victorian fires and the devastation is still very apparent with many hills still bare and some of the trees sprouting new growth in a desperate attempt to survive but they tell us that many of there trees will die within the next couple of years.Only three houses of 59 in this area survived the fire and many people died. One can only imagine the fear and terror that must have been in the area as this disaster descended on them. The word miracle comes to mind as you talk to Cuppa about how the fires divided and went around both sides of his property, The heat was so intense the the grasses were withered dry and the cattle could not eat it. It is indeed a miracle that they did not loose everything.
We will spend today with Ian and Julie and tomorrow descend down the mountain to make out way north to Bright before heading east to work out way up the east coast.
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