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WANGARATTA -REPLACED 12V DC DC CHARGER -VISIT NED KELLY'S GLENROWAN -SILO ART TRAIL-FULLTIME TRAVEL.

DAVE & NIK’S ADVENTURES 4,103 3 months ago
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THIS WEEK ON DNA. WE MAKE OUR WAY TO - WANGARATTA WE CHOOSE TO STAY HERE FOR A FEW DAYS. THERE IS A LOT TO SEE AROUND HERE. WE BOOKED OUR VAN IN FOR ITS SERVICE AT EVOLVE RV IN WANGARATTA. I FINALLY GET TO REPLACE THE DC DC CHARGER IN THE RAM 3500 HD. WE WENT WITH A ENERDRIVE DC DC 40+ WE DROP THE VAN OFF FOR ITS SERVICE AND HIT THE ROAD WITH INDEE IN TOW. WE TAKE A DRIVE AROUND THE AREA FOLLOWING THE SILO ART TRAIL. THIS TAKES YOU THROUGH SOME SMALL TOWNS AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE SILO'S HAVE MURALS ON THEM OF LOCAL HISTORY WE DIDN'T FIND THE FIRST ONE ON OUR LIST THANKS TO GOOGLE -LOL. SO, WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE NEXT ONE IN DEVENISH AFTER ADMIRING THE DETAIL IN THIS ARTWORK WE CONTINUE ON TO ST JAMES AFTER ST JAMES IT WAS TUNGAMAH THIS IS WHERE WE PLANNED TO HAVE LUNCH, BUT BECAUSE WE MISSED THE FIRST SILO WE WERE AHEAD OF TIME. WE WERE GOING TO ONLY GO THIS FAR BUT BECAUSE IT WAS STILL EARLY WE PUSHED ON TO THE NEXT TOWN. KATAMATITE WAS THE LAST SILO WE VISITED THIS TIME ROUND IT HAD A HUGE MURAL ON IT WAS THAT TALL THAT THE BOOM LIFT COULDN'T QUITE REACH THE TOP. AFTER THIS ONE WE RETURNED TO THE TOWN OF TUNGAMAH, WE WERE TOLD THIS PLACE WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR LUNCH AT THE PUB. THERE IS ALSO A GREAT RV STOP HERE RIGHT ON THE RIVER JUST ACROSS FROM THE PUB. WE HAD A GREAT LUNCH HERE AND THEN HEADED BACK TO WANGARATTA TO PICK UP THE VAN AND SETUP AGAIN AT THE WANGARATTA CARAVAN PARK. THE NEXT DAY WE MADE OUR WAY TO A SMALL TOWN DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 15KM. HERE AT GLENROWAN IS WHERE NED KELLY WAS FAMOUS. WE STROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS READING ABOUT THE HISTROY OF THE KELLY GANG.WE STOPPED AT THE BAKERY FOR A PIE AND SAUSAGE ROLL. NIK WALKED THROUGH THE ANTIQUE SHOP LOOKING FOR A BARGAIN.WE STOPPED AT THE BIG NED KELLY STATUE FOR A SELFIE OR TWO. BEFORE HEADING UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION HERE TO READ. WE WALK THROUGH THE MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOPS AND THEN HEAD ACROSS TO THE NED KELLY DISCOVERY HUB, WHERE YOU CAN WALK A TIMELINE OF THE HISTORY AROUND NED KELLY AND HIS GANG. THERE IS A VIDEO ON HOW IT ALL STARTED AS WELL. AFTER THIS WE WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND UP THE STAIRS TO THE TOP OF THE COMPLEX, TO SEE THE MAPS AND STORIES OF WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED. IT IS ALL MARKED OUT, SHOWING YOU THE NOW AND THEN, RIGHT DOWN TO WHERE NED KELLY WAS FINALLY CAUGHT. WE END THIS EPISODE HERE IN GLENROWAN - NED KELLY COUNTRY. SO, GRAB A DRINK OF YOUR CHOICE SIT BACK FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AND WATCH THIS EPISODE ON LOCAL HISTROY. CHEERS DAVE, NIK AND INDEE.

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