Denise and Barry's Caravan Travels: May 17, 2015

Friday, May 22, 2015

Cobram/Lake Cargelligo

Since I last updated the Blog we spent a night at the Willows Caravan Park at Cobram, this gave me a chance to catch up on the washing and Baz was able to get the battery back up to full charge after a wet and overcast day we had when we were at Echuca, not a lot of sun for the solar panel. We also spent a very pleasant afternoon and evening with Don and Bridget, it was great to catch up with them before they head off overseas.

Yesterday we left Cobram travelling on the Kidman Hwy passing through Griffith on our way to Lake Cargelligo. We en-counted a couple of patches of rain as we headed north it was more a nuisance value than any benefit to the farmers, the countryside looks like it could do with a good rain. Travelling via the Kidman Hwy is a much better option than using the Newell as there is far less traffic and no trucks and the condition of the road is good. We saw our first Emu for this trip after leaving Jeriderie, also there was plenty of road kill kangaroos, and black pigs.

This is our second night at Lake Cargelligo we are at a great free camp that is within walking distance to the town. In the late 1890’s the town supported six hotels now there are only three but it is still a thriving rural town. We visited the Tourist information Centre today and viewed the unique Stone Butterfly and Gem Collection that is on display. There is plenty of birdlife to be seen on and around the lake sometimes there can be Pelican's in the hundreds. Watching the Pelican's today they were like synchronized swimmers all ducking their heads at the same time beneath the water feeding.

Autumn leaves Cobram

Campsite beside Lake Cargelligo

Sunset Lake Cargelligo

Pelican's feeding

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Echuca/Moama

Today was quiet a journey to our next stop, a big 52 klms from Greens Lake to Echuca. We certainly made the right decision to move on today, just as we were ready to leave we could see a storm on the horizon making a good photo for the blog.

We are spending the night at the Rich River Golf Club at Moama that has an area where caravans and Motorhomes are welcome. As its only 8 klms to Echuca we were still able to spend a few hours shopping in our favourite spot. I lost the old Baz for awhile only to catch him coming out of the Beecworth Bakery, he swears he didn't have a Beesting, only went in for a look!

Yeah right!

Monday, May 18, 2015

Tassie - Greens Lake (Vic)

Our time to head off again for a few months has certainly rolled around very quickly, does not seem that long ago since we came back from our last trip. We seemed very organised with our packing this year, actually it was too easy, must be getting it right at last.

We headed off on Saturday by 9.30am after first stopping in to say goodbye to Tan, Greg and the boys. Also to leave Doug with them for his holiday. It was a beautiful morning with clear blue skies making it a very pleasant drive to Devonport. We had arranged to meet our friends Pauline and Les to enjoy a light meal prior to boarding, a much better option than what is offered on board at the moment. Hopefully with the upgrades that will be taking place over the winter months there will be some improvement.

After another smooth sailing we were off the ferry by 6.30am, to be greeted with a beautiful sunrise and with very little traffic on the road our first stop was at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial at Seymour where we enjoyed a good cup of tea and breakfast. We then went for a leisurely stroll looking at the very impressive Commemorative Wall dedicated to Service Personnel and the 11 Tracker Dogs who served in South Vietnam.

It was time to say goodbye to Les and Pauline and head to Greens Lake that is west of Stanthorp. We had planned to stay here for our first night, finding it such a quiet relaxing pleasant spot ended up staying an extra day. We are only a couple of hours north of Melbourne but have already swapped our Jeans and Jumpers for shorts and T shirts. We have had our first campfire even cooking our Tassie Lamb Chops on it last night and sausages and chicken tonight.

Along the way to Greens Lake we stopped at Rushtown a quaint little town with a very wide main street. Visiting the local IGA to grab some milk we were told to help ourselves to anything from one of the freezer's as it had broken down overnight and food was partly defrosted. We helped them out by taking a couple of Pizzas, Hash Brown's and Herb Potatoes. The Pizza's I cooked to have cold later, the Hash Brown's were still frozen so they went in the freezer and the Herb Spuds had half cooked on the fire last night and finished the rest off tonight.