Severe weather warnings. 20cm of snow. Dangerous winds. Australia can have its bad weather and it seems to have come straight over us last night and today.
Woke to tremedous downpours and quite cold conditions. After breakfast we headed out, as planned, up to Falls Creek with the best intentions of taking advantage of this mtb paradise but as we got further and further up the mountain, the temperatures got colder and colder until it eventually started snowing!
We had bought along only a few items of winter clothing and no winter cycling clobber, so we thought it a bit pointless going any further as Falls Creek was already apparently under a couple of cms of snow. So mtb was off for the day and just as we were deciding which wine estate to go to instead, a noticed a little ping noise from the back. The entire rear
window had just shattered!We still don't quite understand what happened but fortunately the glass was still intact as it was held together by the tinting film. It was a bit stressful driving in the biggest storm the region had seen for a while with a shattered rear window but I reinforce it with a bit of duck tape (never leave on a camping trip without it) and it held out fine.
We made a few phone calls and we could only look at getting it fixed tomorrow as this was Sunday so we decided to continue on with the day's sightseeing and see where we were tomorrow. Our next stop was the All Saints wine estate in Wahgunyah which is in the famous Rutherglen wine region. We sampled a bit of their wares although to be honest although the wine was good (we bou
ght a few bottles), we both thought a little less of their cheeses.We decided to spend the night at a motel in Albury (we are here) as the weather was still on and off and we had both had enough of camping in the pouring rain.
Tomorrow we head back to the central coast tomorrow where our little adventure will come full circle.
Laters,
Simon and Kate
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