Mario and Pat's Australian drive holiday

Day 28:   Wednesday 01/10/ Adelaide, SA to Mildura, Vic    Distance travelled: 405km

The good news is that the crack on the windscreen has not gotten any bigger. We just might make it to Sydney. Touch wood.

This was a short easy drive today. Getting out of Adelaide was easy and traffic was light.

Another time change here in Vic. At least we are now in the same time zone as home. Ha, Pat just reminded me that this weekend we set our clocks forward 1 hour for daylight savings! We won’t notice it.

We arrived in Mildura and headed straight for the Tourist information centre. They located a good hotel for us and gave us information on some of the attractions here. It also happens to be the Mildura Country Music Festival and the town is buzzing.  Entertainers from all over Australia come here to perform and most of it is free.   We saw a number of acts at the Langtree Mall, in the town centre.    Link to the festival.   http://www.milduracountrymusic.com.au/index.php/artists

We also drove around town looking at some of the old historical site. We had read about a place called Woodsies Gem shop. It showcases a huge assortment of jewelery with both precious and semi-precious stones from Australia, with over 6,000 pieces of gemstones. No, I did not buy anything. It is definitely a good place to go if you enjoy gemstones and other interesting rocks.  Pat said she liked it.

For dinner we went to the RSL, would you believe it? They had a waiting for dinner queue at 2 hrs. So off to the workers club we went. No waiting there. I also can understand why.

For our last stop on the road, we were going to stay in Wagga Wagga tomorrow, but since we had both been there a few times, we have opted for Gundagai.

 Welcome to Victoria. I think the sign needs a little improvement.

 I took this picture at Woodsies Gem shop. This is how they polish their gems. The gems are in the tyres. Great idea.

Had a rocking time. Well at least I fit in the crowd with my gray beard.