We had a 1 night stay at Winton on Windermere Cattle Property - 44,000 acres, 7.5km of dirt road which was fine, absolutely no sign of rain. The man parked us near some animals amidst deep red, dry dirt. All was going well. The boys bottle fed the poddy calves and chooks, saw Miss Piggy the black pig and beautiful cows and horses. Curry on the campfire - yum. Looking at the night sky, we were a bit concerned when we couldn't spot any stars. Was that a spit of rain? Down it came. It sounded lovely on the roof of van until during the night - Mum, I'm getting wet! As dawn broke, the caretaker stood at our front door stating - "don't panic we'll get you out." Then the entertainment started! Our car and ute were towed out of the deep, red, wet mud to the drier area where eveyone else was stationed so we could all get fair start to battle the 7.5km track to the bitumen. We were the only ones that made it out (thanks to Jamie's speedway and drift racing skills) mum and dad and 10 other vehicles had to be towed out. We spent a few hours in the rain jetwashing the vehicles, our spirits slightly dampened. Wet pillows and bedding, red mud - "let"s just leave the van here and drive off" - a large dry luxurious caravan would come in handy right now. Our little HAWK is not on the popular list today. We went into the Waltzing Matilda Centre, opal shops, and the boys were fascinated by the rubbish bins in the main street - big dinosaur feet. It was just too wet to enjoy the town,(Jamie can hardly bring himself to say the word) W----N.
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