2 Apr 2025
Reasonably early start this morning, just because Melbourne to Perth and back isn't quite enough. To add to the excitement I decided that I would leave a day earlier than planned and spend it driving around some of Victoria. Mostly it was to go and see the Silo Art in Victoria that I haven't seen yet, as there were only a few and they are relatively close together (well, close if you remember we are driving across the country from tomorrow). In part it was also about having another opportunity to test the engine again on a decent run before heading further afield, if anything had turned to shite I would be much closer to home!
The car ran well and have to say the oil leaking engine has almost stopped doing it! It can't be completely oil free though as it is a Morris and British (by design) so leaking oil is an absolute necessity (it is part of the built-in anti-rust system). Once it cools down I will check the oil level and re-grease the trunions ready for the off to Mildura in the morning. They are going to be relatively short days driving over to Perth and back, only about 500-600 kilometres a day. So a relaxing trip haha.
Today was only 435 kilometres, but about 6 hours or there abouts, so well enough for a shake-down test-run. Route was Melbourne - Colbinaddin - Katamatite - Picola - Rochester (via Echuca) - Echuca (back track to) and all Silos done. Well not quite true, they have repainted one that I have seen before and I will visit that again in the way home to see the new painting.
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| Colbinabbin Silo Art - painted by: Tim Bowtell |
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| GrainCorp Silos at Katamatite - painted by: Tim Bowtell |
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| Picola Silo Art - painted by: Jimmy Dvate |
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| GrainCorp Silos at Rochester - painted by: Jimmy Dvate |
All in all well worth the few hundred extra kilometres. Well really only a couple of extra, some of the distance I would have had to have covered tomorrow anyway...
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