We have been back in Oz now for just over a week. What a welcome home - 38+ temperatures and fires back in Manjimup! We spent a couple of days with Lesley and Russell in Warragul before we hit the road. We travelled through the forrests where the big fires were a few years back and camped just north of Bendigo while we had the vehicle serviced. A great camping spot we shared with a few travellers who seem to have made it their 'home'. Next stop was at Echuca...

We crossed the border on Tuesday 18th November and just travelled around to a few places before we needed to be in Warragul where we are leaving the van and car while we are in New Zealand. We ventured into Ned Kelly country both in Glenrowan and also Euroa where Ned and his merry men held up the Bank and they took 2500 pounds. We had a couple of nights in roadside stops along with the trucks as free camping is pretty hard to find. We did however, come across a...