Living Life: DARTMOOR, VICTORIA

We left Mount Monster last Saturday and arrived in Casterton that afternoon. We were up early Sunday morning to do the Casterton market. We had some sales - not as many as we would have liked but we did come out a little bit in front so that isn't a bad thing, and we met some really nice people! It was bloody hot though so I am glad it was for the morning only. We spent the last few days with Sharon and Richard and had a nice relaxing time. The kookaburras came to visit this morning as we were packing up to leave - see photo. This kookaburra was in the tree at the bottom of Sharon and Richard's garden.
We headed off after lunch and arrived a very short time later in Dartmoor. We had decided to make it a leisurely drive to Dartmoor (which is only about 60km from Casterton) but it turned out to be a lot slower than we had expected. Roadworks were being done on the road and we sat behind a grader, doing less than 5km an hour for about 5km or so! The area we drove through is apparently known as The Ark because of the abundance of wildlife but unfortunately we didn't see too much. We did see a small kangaroo (or wallaby??) and a flock of coloured parrots and one dead snake but that was all. Perhaps the roadworks scared them all off.
Dartmoor is a lovely town and we have been for a short walk tonight after tea and will do some more exploring tomorrow. The main street has numerous 'tree carvings' - see photos. We haven't uploaded all the photos because it takes too long but this will give you a bit of an idea. They are really lovely.
We also saw a koala in a tree near where we are camped and he/she is a big one. It was very co-operative and turned to look at me when I was taking photos of it.
The kookaburras have been laughing nearby tonight just as the sun was setting, and the magpies were warbling earlier.
We do love this life!!!!! (other than the damn pesky mosquitoes).
We will probably stop here for a few nights and will do another post once we have moved on (unless something really exciting happens before then).