Milawa Magic

Just a little blog for a little local trip

Whenever Loss and I head away, we get into trouble for sending spam photos on the family WhatsApp group.
So to avoid the wrath of the kiddies, I am producing this little blog- so they can look at if if they want, or ignore it totally if they choose.
If others have any interest in it, feel free to join us on this short trip through Victoria and South Australia….

Having been invited to Jonny Walters and and Phoebe Luke’s wedding in Adelaide next weekend, I jumped at the opportunity to make a bit of a trip of it rather than just flying direct to Adelaide and back. It was the perfect opportunity to tick off a destination that had been planned for 2020 (The Grampians) - but of course COVID lockdowns put paid to that. In addition, a little leapfrogging across Victoria enroute via some other previously unvisited places and in no time at all a one week itinerary materialised fairly readily.

This morning we packed and drove to Bankstown airport, loaded VH-MWD with all the usual stuff (including the skillet, Nespresso Coffee machine and the 2 scooters that had proven so successful on our Cape York trip last year).

We took off at about 10.45am, climbed through a little cloud to 10,000 feet for our 2.15 hour flight to Milawa, Victoria - specifically to the Brown Brothers Winery Private airstrip.
The weather was excellent and allowed for some photos of places of interest such as a very full Lake George, Canberra, The Snowy Mountains range with just a little snow on the peaks, Blowering Dam (site of the world water speed record by Ken Warby), Talbingo (childhood home of the famous author Miles Franklin) and the impressive Tumut 3 Power station.
The weather was gorgeous on arrival at Milawa and after a low pass to check out the condition of the strip we landed and within a minute or two we were parked just 50m from our lunch appointment venue at the Brown Brothers Restaurant.
We strolled across to the restaurant, enjoyed a magnificent degustation lunch and then did a little wine tasting at the cellar door.
Mid afternoon we walked back to the aircraft to unpack and get the escooters out to find that a wedding photography session was in progress. The bride and groom wanted some photos in front of the aircraft (!) so we cleared away our assorted bags etc so that we didn’t ‘photo bomb’ their wedding snaps.
We scootered downtown to the Milawa Motel, checked in and then went for a bit of an exploratory ride around town. Of interest is that ‘Milawa Mustard’ now operates from what used to be the courthouse where Ned Kelly was once tried for stealing a horse.

After a large, late lunch we are not really feeling the need for much dinner - it’s just as well Loss didn’t pack a Lamb Roast this time!Read more