Birchip to Warracknabeal

 
Birchip to Warracknabeal = 64km
Cummulative total = 857km

We left our Sheraton de Birchip this morning - rather relieved to get out of there, it was fairly run down and I am not sure if the showers and toilets are cleaned weekly, fortnightly or annually ... I suspect the latter!
We were on the Sunraysia highway for the first 10km and I can't remember if there was any cars on there with us.  It was only 8am and I thought there would be a few coming into Birchip but it was empty which is good for us. 
We turned onto a very quiet road and headed west and then southwest to Warracknabeal.  It was a head wind all the way.  In fact now we are here at Warracknabeal the wind wasn't as strong as what we thought it would be ... maybe it is saving itself for tomorrow!
So not much of a change in scenery just the usual wheat fields and for a change I thought I would show you a photo of a wheat field:)
 
Some of these fields are just endless!
Like I said we were on a very quiet road and there was at one point a traffic jam between 2 passing oversized harvesters! now that was the highlight of our day!  The road is 2 lanes (but narrow) and one had to pull off completely and not long after that a huge wheat storage tank also passed us and we were fortunate to see that the harvester that just overtook us had to pull over again to let this monstrosity through - quite entertaining for around 5 mins!
Our quiet road joins up with the Borung Highway about 3km before Warracknabeal and Neil came across this lizard that didn't like Neil being close to it so it decides to 'puff' itself up
 
Not to sure on its' name - maybe a spiny lizard ... Penny do you know?
Warracknabeal is a nice town with a population of around 2500 people.  The caravan park is council run and is on the Borung highway west of town.  It is a lovely park that is well maintained by the caretaker.  It is incredibly cheap - $10 unpowered, $17 powered and get this $22 for ensuite! and if you stay for a week you only pay $100 for an ensuite site - very good deal to encourage passer throughs to stay here rather than Horsham which I think their ensuite sites were $38.
We are unpowered and are pitched near the creek and here is the view from our tent door ...
 
This park was under water when they flooded early this year - not sure if it got to town (I don't thinkso) but this park and the one on the other side of the road was under water!
Neil went into town to get some food earlier and took some photos - as you go down the main street you go through 2 roundabouts and each one has statues on it ... dog on a wheat bale
 
dog rounding up sheep
 
the local post office is pretty but unusual - has more of a tudor style to it!
 
Thinking about staying here tomorrow - not sure.  My thermarest has died and I need to get another one at Horsham or at least something that I can sleep on until we get to Colac!  Generally the outdoor stores in the country towns tend to favour swags rather than thermarests!