15/10/12

We left the beautiful Brownhill Creek caravan park at 9.15am and hoped the peak hour traffic would be gone. To our amazement we had a good run all the way to the Barossa Valley. We stopped at Lyndoch so Karen could buy some lacey things she had seen a few days earlier. Then we had lunch in a park before continuing on towards Mildura. 

We drove through some beautiful country and just before Blanchetown we crossed the Murray River for the first time. We drove down to the river bank and touched the water. We took some photographs and saw a paddle steamer and many houseboats. The size of the cliffs on the far side of the river was amazing. 

From Blanchetown we drove to Waikerie, another town on the Murray River. We stopped at a park that had only been opened this year. A short walk from where the cars were parked was the Paddle Steamer Murray River Queen. 

We stopped for the night at a rest area between Waikerie and Mildura called Fatigued Rest Area. It was not a normal overnight rest area but was only for fatigued drivers. Mary-Anne and I were very fatigued so we decided the safest thing to do was to stay there for the night. It turned out to be the worst rest area we had stayed in so far this trip.

 Lunch at Lyndoch

 The Barossa Valley

 Our first view of the Muray River at Blanchetown

 The Houseboats on the Murray River

 We were excited to see the Murray

 The mighty Murray River from Blanchetown Lookout

 The Paddle Steamer 'Murray River Queen' at Waikerie

 A ferry crossing the Murray River at Waikerie

 Our 'Fatigued' Rest Area between Waikerie & Barmera