Day 36

On leaving Forbes, we weren’t really sure where to go next, so we settled on Narrandera where we stayed at the sportsground for two nights free camp. The sportsground was on the Murrumbidgee River and just down from the Koala reserve. We went to the look for koalas and found two, so we were happy. On our second day, we had a gentleman come buy and sell us a bucket of oranges, mandarins and lemons for $2...they were delicious. We also had a stray dog befriend us...a beautiful Labrador.

 

Day 38

Our next destination was Hay, another free camp near the Murrumbidgee River. This place was dusty and that’s an understatement. Here we ran into the first couple that we had met at Forbes (the ones on their toilet runs) and they came over to chat, it was great to catch up and hear where they had been. We also met a family of two adults, four kids, and two really large dogs that were both friendly and full of saliva (the dogs, not the people) that we still stay in touch with (the people, not the dogs). Hay was really a chance to catch up on washing and cleaning, but we did go and see the sunset as Hay is so flat, the horizon was huge. We found out the this was the largest completely flat area of land in the world with a sunset so sprectacular even the dogs enjoyed it.

We were all so busy taking photos, a good friend John Vromans didn't spot me taking photos of him!

 

While in Hay we visited the Railway Station and the Gaol, but other than that there was not a lot to do.

 

 

Day 39

So, off to Echuca we went stopping momentarily at The Black Swamp to try and scare the kids with tales of the headless horseman - it didn't work.

We stayed on the Murray River just out of Echuca looking over the river. Since it seemed to be the last spot available, we figured it must not be very good, but at sunset it was perfect. The sun set right in front of us over the river. Making a fire of an evening and cooking marshmallows was lots of fun.