We planned to drive to Broken Hill today. First stop though was the Farmers' Market in Mildura. Lots of fresh produce to choose from and a lovely sunny morning to stroll around the many stalls along the Murray River. After purchases of bread, muffin, cabana, lime butter, asparagus, oranges and garlic, we thought we had done our bit to support the commerce of the Mildura area. Then on to Broken Hill, approx. 300km away. But first, we thought we would check out a free-camp site just out of Mildura, perhaps useful for the return trip. After the GPS led us astray (again!) we found the camp site of Merbein Common; a lovely quiet spot right on the banks of the Murray River. We stopped for lunch and then thought we might stop for the day and night as well. So we travelled all of 10km for today. But we're not in any hurry, so that's just fine.
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| Lunch by the Murray River |
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Setting up camp at Merbein.
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We took this opportunity to set up our toilet/shower tent. (With thanks to the folks of the Student System Project at Melb Uni for the Rays Outdoors Voucher.) First time that we have had it out of the bag. It has come in very handy as there are no usable toilets at this camp site. The toilet block is still under water from the recent floods.
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| The toilet/shower tent |
Now that you've seen a photo of the outside, I'm sure you all want to see inside as well...
Yep, pretty impressive isn't it?
Now for some more edifying photos of the Murray River at dusk.
And we ended our relaxing day with a camp fire. Very nice!
Maybe we'll head off to Broken Hill tomorrow.
Or maybe we won't...
the ensuite tent looks good....better than expected! oh, and it's kabana with a 'k'. :P
ReplyDeleteglad you're taking your sweet time getting to broken hill - means you're enjoying yourselves. :)
ps: mum, seeing as you're not going to see me any time soon, do i still have to get you a birthday present? ;)
Robert, I'm impressed by the Dunny.
ReplyDeleteThere's a clever saying in there about "All I had to show for 10 years of exemplary Project Management at UofM was a ... " but I won't go there.
JJ
That's great you have a lovely and peaceful time, love your doggies, they're so good! CC
ReplyDeleteLove the camp photo Robert, not too sure I could handle the amenities (haha)! Thanks for letting me know about your blog, I will keep checking back to see your progress. Sounds like you are all having a peaceful, lovely and adventurous holiday. Take care on your long long drives across this wonderful country of our.
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