The House(s) of Fran_mart

 Thanks to the activities of the Mango Musso and Bibi we have become a little wary of being able to travel back and forth between 'coota and 505 so decided we needed to have decent clothes washing facilities available in 505.  This meant getting a washing machine and a dryer.  Bosch is our go-to brand and we have found Appliances online good to deal with in the past.  So an order was placed. On the day of delivery we got an advice about a 2 hour window when they would be arriving.  It turned out they actually started heading towards us about an hour earlier than that, and had a map of where the truck was so I watched as they drove from Box Hill towards us.  There was a little confusion at the end but they made it.   The installation process was fascinating to watch.  It took them perhaps half an hour and was done in a very calm and organised way.  I suspect that had we tried to do it it ourselves it would have taken 3 to 4 hours and inv...

 We decided to avoid driving on the Easter weekend, and to give ourselves a gap between driving days so headed for Melbourne at 0624 on 12 April.  Thanks to swapping back to normal time it was reasonably daylight by then, albeit rather cool (~7 o C).  Genoa Rd was in quite good condition with a major pothole filled in and many unnecessary signs removed.  We didn't see another car on that stretch.  In fact by the time we got to Orbost (150km) we had only crossed with 10 vehicles, overtaken 2 and been passed by 1.  The weather started to get ungood as we got towards Orbost.  As Frances took over occasional sprinkles of rain began and continued through her 2 hour spell to Rosedale.  We stopped to refill with diesel at a Mobil station in Bairnsdale where the price was only horrendous (309.9 c/l)) - in that town prices varied between that and 315.9c/l. The pumps for 95 octane were flagged 'Empty'.  There was a bit less traffic around, but not as d...

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