On leaving Ararat, the next destination for this trip was
Swan Hill. Only around 300 kilometres, but we wanted to meander and geocache
along the way so decided on a night at Wycheproof to give us as much time enroute as we needed. One
little town we passed through was Landsborough, named after the chap who was
sent on an unsuccessful rescue mission for Burke and Wills. He might not have
rescued them, but he did have a small town named in his honour, complete with statue in the main street outside the hall!
We found ourselves in Paradise. Paradise was not all its
name would suggest. Not much there and quite cold and blustery.
We saw some interesting ruins at Beazley’s Bridge, passed through
great sounding places like Gooroc, Dooboobetic
and Wooroonook. Blinked and missed Teddywaddy West, hoping that Tittybong has
more to it as I noticed it on the map on tomorrow’s route.
In Wycheproof we camped the night, scaled Australia’s
shortest official mountain, Mount Wycheproof at a whopping 43 metres above sea
level and checked out some old train carriages.
Next day, we continued on to Swan Hill, disappointed that
there was no grand welcoming or any form of signage or entertainment at
Tittybong.
We chose to stay at Hilltop Resort, 5 km’s out of Swan Hill
which was a heap cheaper than the parks in town, plus it had a small menagerie
of farm animals, a daily train ride and the night we arrived a free sausage
sizzle. What more could you ask for?
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