Bloke and I have just got home from a driving tour of the Murray River.
The Murray River (River Murray in South Australia) is Australia's longest river. It is approximately 2,375 kilometres (1,476 miles) in length.
Starting from the Albury area we made our way to Echuca as our first pit stop on the trip. Echuca was a thriving river port city during the 19th century but now it is a tourist destination with the odd paddle steamer boats potting down the river. Sadly the paddle steamers of today are powered by diesel instead of steam. It's a delightfully historic town and it would have been interesting to see it in it's hayday when it was bustling with people from all walks of life.
We went to the Beechworth Bakery for breakfast and meandered around the town and saw a few of the sites and popped into a few camping stores. Then motored on down the road heading to Mildura for the night.
Dinner was at the Mildura Working Man's Club (yes they let me in!) where up until 1995 it was noted as having the longest bar in the world. Followed by a great sleep at the best and cheapest hotel we stayed in.
Next day was a drive to the Barossa interrupted briefly by a stop at Banrock Station winery just over the Victorian/South Australian Border. We continued on to Adelaide where we stayed with one of Bloke's old friends from when he was a wee tacker and enjoyed a nice dinner and a few drinks and they caught up on old times!
The next morning we started off fairly early and drove through Adelaide headed to Victor Harbour on the coast. What beautiful scenery! I was happy to be able to sit back and take in the view.. This is the life!
Victor Harbour is such a decadent little town. Lots of antique shopping and little specialist shops.. A little steam train that goes through town which is a real tourist attraction and popular with kids! There is also a horse drawn carriage that takes tourists around but we didn't get the time to see that in the two nights we were there visiting family.
What we did see was a Camel in a horse float, which made me wonder if a camel is in a horse float does that mean it is no longer a horse float? Is it now a camel float? I think it's worth giving some consideration to.
Our trip home was a quick one. From Victor Harbour to Albury in one foul swoop which is over 800kms at the disadvantage of a couple of field mice and one rabbit who was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. On that note, why do you always clench your bum cheeks when you run over a critter?
So, back to reality after a relaxing 6 day break driving around and seeing a bit of the Country that I have never seen before (or don't remember seeing before) spending some quality time with loved one(s) and doing some soul searching whilst touring one of our country's beautiful natural wonders, the Murray River.
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