Heading Northeast

After touching down in Melbourne we started our ascent up the eastern side of Australia. Our first stop was Mitchelton Winery 90 km north of Melbourne. We arrived almost at closing but luckily the tasting room associate aka girl working the cellar door didn't seem to mind, pouring herself a glass right at 5. She also allowed us to go to the lookout tower.

After leaving with a healthy buzz our skipper, aka designated driver, attempted to cross over to the highway through some country roads. Despite what the map said we ended up running into hundreds of sheep getting herded directly at us. At our arrival they began to run back the other way. To be sure we could get through naturally I hopped out of the wagon and walked a path through them. This moment was unreal. Never did I imagine walking through so many head of sheep, buzzed in the back roads of Australia. Eventually we made it to where the farmer was and luckily he didn't try to beat Josh, he just commended us for at least realizing the debacle we created. I assume his beer tasted amazing that night.

Blue Skies.

Sheep Storm. Can you find the black one?

After our exciting detour we headed towards Tocumwal, on the Victoria- New South Wales Border along the Murray River, the third largest navigable river after the Amazon and Nile. Once we found the unmarked entrance to the camping area we drove around scouting sites. The first road led to a semi permanent gypsy encampment that later on blasted electronic music which we passed up. The second road led to sites right on the river but had ridiculously loud cockatoos nesting above. We eventually opted for a site in the middle among the cicadas and later mosquitos.