Wide open spaces - hitting the outback!

Left for Gav's uncles place knowing that he lived in a little town (what we'd call a village) with not much to do around him. What a shock when we actually got there to find he was living in a half built house with no proper shower and no flush on the toilet! He owns a farm near Violet Town - when I say near I mean about a 15 minute drive! All the roads are really straight over here and you rarely see other vehicles, but when you do they are normally huge double length trucks which absolutely bomb it up behind you. Haven't seen a road train yet, apparently they are normally in the northern territory and western Australia. Gav's uncle lent us an old Ford Laser. It's getting us around, just about! We're doing a huge amount of k's for the age of the car!

So for the last week we have pretty much been heading to every close (ok far) town in the area of Violet Town. Been to Shepparton, reasonable size town, nothing much exciting going on though. Also Bendigo, quite an old town in terms of Australias history. Some nice buildings. Day before leaving we went to the town of Ned Kellys last stand. Look up the story, or watch the film! - Can't be arsed to get into the details of it, but its basically the guy who made a iron suit of armour and went against the police to fight for their rights.

Heading to Melbourne next - desperate for a shower that is indoors (not completely out in the open), with hot water and a flush - not a bucket!