We are now in Moorook South Australia:
Where's that?This is a beautiful little town right on the Murray River
Following are a few photos to remind us of where we have been over the last few weeks:
Harcourt
- we went for a walk looking for Woop Woop (one for Lorelle and Bruce).
Walked for miles in search of the Woop Woop sculpture garden and gallery in Harcourt only to find the road was closed and presumably the garden also closed.
Barmah Lake
where we stayed a few days and were able to have a camp fire.
Leitchville
- where we met our double, well Patsy did anyway.
This shed was a bit more damaged though!
Lake Reedy near Kerang
- the official camping area was too muddy and boggy to go onto, so we had to stay on the bitumen turning circle area.
Fortunately no duck shooters around to ask us to leave.
This is a photo of signage at Lake Reedy.No duck shooting allowed here so we're safe.
Why it is called Lake Reedy:.
Swan Hill
We went on a nice stroll along the river - just to prove it:
Robyn was on the walk:.
We found a great camp spot at the even greater sounding name of
Manangatang:
Then we found another great camp spot at Merbein on the Murray River near Mildura:
Mildura
In Mildura we had a stroll around Lock 11 and the island to the dam, returning to the Lock in time to see a steam boat go through the lock.
Red River Gum walk
Lake Cullulleraine
Werrimull Church
Meningur town - Millewa Pioneer Park
The pioneer or 'heritage' park at Meningur was great. It has been set up and maintained by volunteers and is a large area containing numerous buildings and historical artifacts.
Trike in garden of olden days cottage:
Old style copper or 'boiler' for washing clothes, which really isn't that different to our bucket method (see earlier photo).
Now this is a camp fire setting:
One of the many cottages on display:
Renmark
We loved Renmark. I took a risk and tried playing table tennis again. They have a good club in Renmark, and we were even able to camp in the sportsground so it was easy to get to at night (being around 4 degrees at night, I didn't feel like riding the scooter). Fortunately my back survived, after having damaged it when I was over-eager in playing table tennis in Sale before Christmas.Following is a photo of one of the views over the Murray river at Renmark.
Loxton
was our next campsite, but not really worth a photo - it was raining afterall and we couldn't do much but sit inside and twiddle our thumbs.Given that the weather has been a bit wet and cloudy we thought we better find a cheap place to camp and power up. We have found a charming little town beside the Murray River with power (although no drinking water or amenities) for a cheaper rate than most caravan parks charge. Enjoying the view over the river and the weather has improved enough for us to go for a little walk yesterday. Problem was the blocks are VERY big out here - we must have walked about 10klm unintentionally!
I'm hoping to talk Robyn into staying here another few days, we'll see how we go then.
Previous Blog Entries:
- 28/7/2017 Shepparton
- 20/10/2016 Albury
- 7/9/16 back in Victoria
- 31/8/16 Adelaide
- 17/7/16 Yorke Peninsula
- 26/06/2016 South Australia again
- 15/05/2016 Backtracking Photos
- 11/05/2016 Heading North?
- 15/04/2016 U-Turn
- 28/03/2016 to Cober Pedy
- 23/2/2016 Wimmera
- 12/12/2015 Victoria
- 18/11/2015 Gippsland
- 17/10/2015 Victoria
- 24/8/2015 Mallacoota
- 09/8/2015 Overseas
- 07/3/2015 Flying High
- 16/3/2014 Missing Bits
- 15/3/2014 Eastern Tasmania
- 10/1/2014 West Tamar Valley
- 10/12/2013 Tassie Towns
- 19/11/2013 Tassie update
- 25/10/2013 Tassie update
- 23/9/2013 Stanley
- 21/9/2013 Sulpher Creek
- 7/9/13 Crossing the Tasman
- 5/8/13 at the Block