Day 6 Friday 16/8/2024 Rawnsley Park, 9-16 cool windy The rain arrived as forecasted and we had a welcome 6mm overnight. Forgetting that we didn’t have the awning out, I left my shoes outside and they’ve had a thoroughly good … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Bunyeroo Where Are You?
Day 5 Thursday 15/8/2024 Peterborough to Rawnsley Park, 25 It was a quiet, dark night. Of course, it’s always dark when we aren’t hooked up to power and we don’t have the light of the two green dots on the … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Rawnsley Park
Day 4 Wednesday 14/8/2024 Moorook to Peterborough, 24.5 It wasn’t at all cold last night and we wake to a glorious morning with the rising sun peeking through the trees. The Murray is calm and the pelicans are swimming. Purple … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Ants in our pants
Mannum, SA Mannum is all one could hope for in a South Australian river town. Stone buildings, paddle steamers, house boats and the wide Murray River, it’s easy to imagine how busy this town would have been in earlier times. Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Mannum
Day 10 Sunday 12/5/2024 Mannum to Mundulla, SA, 19 degrees Gosh it was nice to be lulled to sleep with the sound of ferries going back and forth across the river. It was a peaceful night. We cross the river … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Never dull Mundulla
Day 9 Saturday 11/5/24 Renmark to Mannum, cloudy 19 There’s a light mist over the river. After checking the air in the tyres, we head for Waikerie downstream and on the Old Sturt Highway. Once more we pass through small … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Following the river to Mannum
Day 8 Friday 10/5/24 Renmark, sunny 23 It’s time to do a spot of washing and cleaning before we move on. Around the perimeter of the caravan park there is a levee bank which is another reminder of the riverine … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Bars & Baths
Day 7 Thursday 9/5/24 Renmark, overcast 22 It was heaven to have a sleep in. With a fridge devoid of fruit and vegetables we do a little shopping. But we do baulk at the price of $9 for a kilo … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – On the syrup
Day 6 Wednesday 8/5/2024 Red Cliffs to Renmark, sunny 23 Gee it’s a nice feeling to wake to blue skies and red dirt. We spend an hour in Mildura fueling up with diesel and coffee, and admiring the oasis that … Continue reading Renmark Round Trip – Renmark
I’m quite sure that each of the paddle steamers operating on the Murray is unique. They all have a romantic quality and some, to quote Peter of ‘Peter’s Ponderings’ look like they’ve been built by shed builders. With cabins and … Continue reading Paddle Steamers – A trawl through the archives
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