More silos!

We had an awesome time playing tourist with friends in Melbourne. We got to see and do so much - it was a brilliant week!

After dropping them to the airport early in the morning, we returned to the apartment and packed up our gear for a more leisurely departure just before the usual check-out time.

We were heading for the NSW South Coast and Nick had planned a full day's driving to get there.  Benalla seemed a good lunch stop and in checking for a cafe, I discovered a nearby silo.

I'd seen photos of these silos but hadn't given much thought to whether we'd be able to visit.  Even when we got our lunch, I was only expecting to see the first one.

Nick spotted a mud map at Goorambat that showed the location of several other silo sites. We deviated from our original plan to visit Devenish, St James and Tungamah.

The silos we had previously visited in Western Victoria were no longer in use so access to them was open. These sites were on active rail-lines, so were fenced off to provide safe areas for viewing.

Since visiting in mid-September, Sobrane has undertaken more work beside the kookaburra.

Each site had a donation tin and I used my gold coin collection to give evenly to all the communities.

Winton Wetlands was the last stop on our detour.  It took a bit to find what we were looking for but we enjoyed the drive.  If we had longer, we would definitely explore more of the area.

Guido van Helten was the artist who painted the Brim silos (the first we visited in 2016).  The water tank at the Wetlands is another of his wonderful works.

Info about the Silo Art Trail in Western Victoria is here.  A map of the North Eastern silos is here.