Category Archives: Around Australia 2014

Today we intended to explore Swan Hill. On the way into town we decided to call in to the one and only attraction in Lake Boga, the Catalina Museum. Did this turn out to be a surprise? After the bombing … Continue reading →

Today we are headed for Swan Hill, another historic town on the Murray River. I had been unable to locate any free or bush camping near Swan Hill so we decided to stay in a caravan park this time. We … Continue reading →

We stopped to have a look at the forest heritage centre but was closed despite the write up it had in all the information about the park. From there we headed into Echuca and stopped at the information centre. The … Continue reading →

Today we continue our journey along the Murray River. We are heading to Barmah National Park this park (70,000 acres), together with the adjoining Millewa forest (102,000 acres) in New South Wales, forms the largest River Red Gum forest in … Continue reading →

Before breakfast we met this guy from Melbourne who was travelling around Australia with his Rottweiler. His wife pasted away 12 months ago so he rented the house and headed out to explore this great land. We talked about places … Continue reading →

The plan in Victoria was to follow the Murray River for much as possible. With that in mind we headed down the Murray Valley highway. First stop was Wodonga where we had lunch and picked up a few supplies at … Continue reading →

Not far up the road from our campsite were the Bluff Creek falls so we decided to head up there and check them out. There was a reasonable amount of water over the falls and they were quite impressive and … Continue reading →

It’s time to head south into Victoria. The pack up was a little slow this morning as it was a late night last night. Some of the local lads had decided to celebrate one of their birthdays on the banks … Continue reading →

Today we are exploring the Tumut region and some of the Snowy Mountains Hydro scheme. First stop was the Blowering dam wall and the power station. Blowering dam is the largest dam in the Snowy Mountains Hydro scheme and was … Continue reading →

It’s time to leave our great capital and head into the snow country. I had selected a campsite just on the edge of Kosciuszko National park. There was not a lot of detail on this site and many of the … Continue reading →