16/10/12

We left the rest area at 8.30am and drove to Barmera where we stopped in parkland on Lake Bonney. This was a very neat and pretty town with lots of roses in the streets and in private homes. We even saw black swans swimming in the lake. 

From Barmera we drove to Renmark. Once again, there were roses growing everywhere. We found the Visitor Information Centre and obtained directions to a caravan business we had seen signs for. We went there hoping to buy some more LED replacement lights for our vans but they had none. 

We stopped for lunch at the South Australian fruit and vegie quarantine station not far from the border with Victoria. After lunch we drove a short distance and crossed the border into Victoria and headed for Mildura. We found the Visitor Information Centre and the girls decided on a caravan park. The one they picked was in Buronga in New South Wales on the opposite side of the Murray River from Mildura. We crossed the bridge over the Murray and drove into NSW and our caravan park. 

Today we drove through three states (SA, Vic and NSW). Buronga Riverside Caravan Park is right on the banks of the Murray River and looks across to Mildura. 

 Lake Bonney at Barmera

 Black Swans on Lake Barmera

 Some of the beautiful Roses in the park at Barmera

 Leaving the Riverland District of SA

 The Quarantine Inspection Station outside Renmark

 Crossing the border into Victoria

Our caravan park in Buronga, NSW, looked across

the Murray River to Mildura, Victoria