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| Murray River Wharfs |
Up at around 07:30. The sky was clear and it looked like a beautiful day ahead, maybe we were finally past the rainy days. After breakfast we headed into Echuca. Echuca is the farthest upstream on the Murray river that the paddlewheelers could travel in the old days. From here freight was off loaded onto trains for movement to Melbourne, only about 200 km away. We strolled around the old wharf, which was made in 1919 out of timber from the Red Gum Trees. The town tour was swift and we were out on the road by 10:00 and headed for Wagga Wagga, 350 km north east.
Crossing the Murray we stopped at Tocumwal for fish and chips and picked up some local maps that would see us through to Sydney. Unless you are on one of the major highways the rest of the roads are like Highway 22 to Sundre only rougher and without paved shoulders. Putting over 300 km in a day is making pretty good time. Also, you have probably seen picutres of our van. It likes to go 85kph, will do 95kph, but gets a little scary over 100 kph!
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| Wagga Wagga Campsite |
A short coffee break in Lockhart and we pulled into the towns campsite in Wagga Wagga at 4:30. This site is great! Wide open, trees scattered around , in town, next to the river. Nice toilets and no fees, it will make up for last night in Echuca. We walked across the bridge into the down town to check it out. Wagga Wagga is the largest town in New South Wales that is not on the coast. It is a little smaller than Cochrane.
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| The Bottle-O, a drive through liquor store!! |
By the way, their roads may not be top notch but they have their liquor outlets figured out, Drive Through!!
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