In Melbourne

According to my car trip meter it is 1866k's from our home to the home of our daughter in Melbourne. Trish and I did 900k's the first day and the rest on day 2.

We left Caloundra just before 5 am on Wednesday and arrived in Gilgandra 900k's away after 10 hours travel. The temperature on arrival was 40 degrees with a stinking hot wind blowing. The motel room had a new air conditioner fitted a few weeks earlier. The air con was effective and quiet. We enjoyed a meal at the local bowls club. Because of daylight saving we 'lost' an hour after crossing the border into NSW. We were on our way the next morning at about 5:40 am. The temperature was still 28 degrees at that time of the morning.

As the trip continued the temperature continued to rise until it peaked at 42 degrees. The car and its climate control worked perfectly all the way. We stopped for a bite to eat for lunch at 40 degrees just south of Wangaratta which is in northern Victoria.

We arrived in Melbourne three hours later where the temperature was 20 degrees and heavy rain was falling, the cool change had arrived. It wasn't much fun battling the peak hour traffic and wet weather through the suburbs. We collected Trish's car from where she had parked it in St Kilda the week before and through stop start freeway traffic eventually arrived our destination at about 5:30pm.

Some quick observations, the grandkids have grown, the tap water is cold and it is strange to again be wearing track suit trousers first thing in the morning. There is a chill in the air when you put your head outside first thing in the morning!