10th July Mildura

Kms today 267                        Kms to date 2945

It was well below zero overnight and the bike was covered in ice in the morning. I had brekkie in the motel and packed up but decided to have a coffee in town and  wait until it warmed up a bit before I left.

Main Street Wycheproof  All Aboard!

           

I wandered down the main street, which had a railway line right down the centre.  The Bakery had a fire going so I plonked  myself in front of it with a coffee and read The Age.

 

A local artist made good use of old plough discs

Not much Solar power this morning as the top of the bin was covered in ice!

I left at 10:30 and rode past paddocks that were bright green with the winter wheat crop. It looked so strange when everywhere else was brown Mallee scrub.

 

Green shoots of the winter wheat crop

I stopped to look at a few painted Silos and had lunch in Ouyen. 

Man's best friend

There was a well preserved 1936 Art Deco Roxy cinema across the road. 

Roxy in Ouyen

I arrived in Mildura at 3 and went down to the Murray hoping to catch a Paddle Steamer ride but I was too late, but I did see one on the River.

Paddle steamer The Rothbury on the Murray

Tonight for dinner I had to choose between Stephano's or the Mildura Working Mans Club.  I chose the latter!

I got the good news tonight that WA has opened up to  NT. Now the only border problem I might have is getting back into Vic from NSW.  This is the exact opposite of the situation when I started this trip!