Road Trip - to the North and Southbound via the Outback

This is a short blog about the first day of my road trip to Cairns, QLD, in the north of Australia, then back to the south via the outback – I drove from Charters Towers to Roma, then (I had to drive further to the west because of the floods) to Charleville, and finally, I was southbound to Melbourne.  

The first town I visited was Benalla VIC – The town is 197 km to the north east of Melbourne. It is home to street and silo art. I camped in Benalla Showgrounds Caravan Park for one night. I needed at least two more days to explore the town, but I’ll be there again for my next documentary which is on Ned Kelly. Next time, I hope I will be driving a four-wheel drive so I can visit the wetlands around the town as well, something I sorely missed. 

Here are some of the murals on the walls in the town centre.  I took the last three photos in Benalla’s botanical gardens.