Hello Rochy – You call this fun?

March 19, 2024 Itching for Hitching

Day 6 Thursday 22/2/2024 Rochester, hot 38˚ It was another hot night and a warm morning. To get us out of the van we drive into Echuca for lunch at the Old Post Office café. The air con is nice. Thinking that a drive to Torrumbarry Weir on the Murray River would be a good idea in this heat, we set off with me behind the wheel and Woody navigating. Of course, the VW navigation leaves a lot to be desired and Woody refusing to use Google Maps (his excuse being that it’s more fun to get lost) we never … Continue reading Hello Rochy – You call this fun?

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Red Dirt, Day 12 – Meandering upstream

December 7, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Wednesday October 31st 2012, Robinvale to Echuca It is a warm morning, but the wind is building up, we hit the road at 9:40am and pass orchards of grapes, oranges, olives and nuts, it is a bountiful area. We stop … Continue reading Red Dirt, Day 12 – Meandering upstream

Places, Vic5 Comments

Echuca

October 23, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Echuca, Vic Being in the area we decide to spend a few relaxing days at Moama Waters Caravan Park. Moama is the NSW twin town of Echuca and combined they have a population of 21,242 (2018). With the Murray River … Continue reading Echuca

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Moama Waters Holiday Park

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Itching for Hitching

The twin township of Echuca / Moama is a Murray River playground. Providing everything that one would need. Is it any wonder that the population of the area is growing. Moama Waters Holiday Park is about 4 kms from the … Continue reading Moama Waters Holiday Park

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Paddle Steamers of the Murray

April 26, 2017April 18, 2017 Itching for Hitching

Paddle steamers commenced plying the Murray Darling river system back in 1851. Wool and supplies were shipped from as far north as Bourke on the Darling when river levels permitted. And the wait must have been interminable when the country … Continue reading Paddle Steamers of the Murray

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Family Fun

September 27, 2016September 25, 2016 Itching for Hitching

This week I’ve heard two heart warming stories. Friends of ours had a grown up daughter join us at our recent club muster. When our friends’ family was young they took the kids out of school for a year and travelled Australia in the caravan. The trip was so good that when this particular daughter accepted her boyfriend’s proposal it was on the proviso that they too would buy a caravan and take their planned family around Australia. The daughter and her husband now have four children and a brand new caravan with lots of bunk beds is under construction. … Continue reading Family Fun