Day 8, Tuesday 30th November 2021, Tocumwal to Lower Moira, hot 31 S tells us that there’s been an owl perched on our TV aerial every night. Thanks S, but if I’d known I might have popped out to chat … Continue reading Tocumwal, Day 8 – Serenity in The Bahamas
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
Murray River, May 2021 Over a few days of wandering the Murray we’ve seen quite a collection of these romantic craft, old and new. I recall back in the 70’s watching a chap restoring an old paddle steamer on the … Continue reading A Collection of Paddle Steamers
With a length of 2508kms and including its tributaries the Darling, Culgoa, Balonne and Condamine rivers, a length of 2740kms makes the Murray River Australia’s longest waterway and the third longest navigable river in the world (from Hume Dam to … Continue reading The Mighty Murray
It’s the last day of our 3 month trip and we drive into Cobram for a look around. I vow not to take any more photos as we’ve been here more times than we can count. Like so many Melburnians … Continue reading How’s my bum look?
I know that I mention the Murray River a lot in these pages but with its tributaries the Darling, Culgoa, Balonne and Condamine, an impressive 2740kms makes it Australia’s longest waterway and the third longest navigable river in the world … Continue reading Cadel Ferry
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
Along the riverbank at Wentworth in southern NSW where the Murray meets the Darling there is a landscaped levee bank which on closer inspection turns out to be a grand illusion that incorporates the houses, trees and power poles behind, but only when you stand in the correct position. Continue reading Take an Optic at This
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