Wednesday played golf at Broken Hill then back to Mildura to collect some much needed correspondence. Thursday off to Brim for the night. On the way I stopped at Lascelles for a counter lunch at the pub. The pub is the commercial, financial and social hub of Lascelles. It hosts the pub, the local store, the post office and the publican tells me he is also performs the duties of a bank. Presumably he is also the Mayor, he even answers the phone with "Lascelles". Lunch and a couple of "Pots" (that's middies to you people in NSW) and I was off to Brim to camp for the night.

Brim is small, maybe a couple of streets a pub, a general store and garage. The camping ground is wonderful, it is fully serviced with toilets, showers, bbq, kids playground, power for caravans, lake and boat ramp. You wouldn't believe the setting that it is in and all of this for $10 a night. That night I gained further confirmation that my tent (a Black Wolf Turbo 210) was water proof and capable of withstanding very high winds as the mother of all cold cells moved through western Victoria. More rain came next day so there was nothing for it but to sit it out until the weather changed.

On Saturday the tent had dried out and I was able to move on to Warracknabeal, for the simplification of communication locals shorten it to "Warrack". Played golf at the local club and was very well looked after by the members even if hadn't played that well (29 points). As it was AFL Grand Final day, there was a mad scramble from the Golf club to the Commercial Hotel. Surprisingly the publican was from Sydney, so I had some people on my side, I watched the Swannies break the hearts of the Hawthorn supporters, I doubt that they will be 'a happy team at Hawthorn' for some time to come.

Nothing weird has happened so far, but I am pleased to report that this has changed. Sitting opposite me is a bloke drinking coffee and reading a book, except that the book is upside down. Has he been blessed with the ability to read text the wrong way up, or is he on some sort of surveillance mission and the concentration required means that he can no longer distinguish the difference between up and down, or is he just an idiot?

Vodafone continues to prove that they are a second tier communication company. There is hardly a town I visit where they have coverage, when my contract is finished its off to Telstra.