Back to the Cooler Weather

Three very pleasant and relaxing days were spent at Darlington Point camped beside the Murrumbidgee, giving us the oportunity to catch up with some washing etc. We were entertained each afternoon when a few cows and their calves came down to have a drink from the river. The young calves were so intent on running up and down the steep bank that several times they overshot the mark and ended up toppling into the water. The only concerning part of this hilarity was that they found it very difficult to get a foothold to get up onto the bank, but eventually they managed to get back onto terra firma, with the vocal assistance of their "playmates".

Upon departing Darlington Point on Saturday morning, we continued south to Jerrilderie. A visit to the museum where a lot of Ned Kelly memorabillia is housed took up most of the morning. After passing through Finley we then crossed the Murray River into Victoria bound for Cobram. We arrived at another very pleasant overnight campsite on the banks of the Murray by mid-afternoon in time to watch the last quarter of the Geelong v WCE AFL match on TV.

As we were approaching Cobram something unfamiliar landed on our windscreen. We determined after a brief discussion that it was RAIN, the first we had seen since mid June. It rained on and off throughout the night but we were quite cosy inside the van with the gas heater. We are beginning to understand what all you people in NSW and Victoria have been telling us about the weather over the last four or so months.

Our planned route from Cobram is via Shepparton, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong to Torquay to spend a few days with Claire and Lou. Now that we are back into "civilized" country the distances between towns seems miniscule. It is also noticeably very lush and green compared to the country side we had become accustomed to in our travels up north.

We called in to see friends in Shepparton for a couple of hours on Sunday morning and also caught up with Gail's sister Glenice, who was visiting there.
Our Sunday night rest area is at Eaglehawk, just outside of the City of Bendigo. Tomorrow we play tourist in and around Bendigo.

Kevin and Gail.
View a small sample of our trip photos at:
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