Monday, July 21, 2014

Day 59 - Canberra to Bowna (Lake Hume)

Just as we were stretching to awaken this morning, we heard the dulcet tones of our nephew yell out "Seeya Tracey and Greg" as he walked past the caravan to kinder! That made us smile first thing in the morning :-)

We breakfasted and showered and entertained Greg's mum for morning tea in the van as the house was empty with all other Malletts at work and kinder/daycare. We packed up around her and were on the road shortly thereafter. Greg's mum will be at our place later in the week so it's not as if we won't be seeing her soon.

We drove out of Canberra easily enough  - realising as we did so that we have visited yet another state/territory of our fine country on this trip (that's 5 out of the 7!) and stopped in Yass again for the dump point (well aware that as we head further south, the abundance of dump points will disappear. Victoria really needs to take a leaf out of Queensland/Northern Territory's well planned dump point network. Although I could write a book about the different kinds we have seen, and strange places some of them are in!!).

We stopped in Gundagai for lunch and south of Holbrook, turned off the Hume towards Bowna. Only 10 kilometres from the freeway, and on the banks of Lake Hume, we found this oasis - the Great Aussie Caravan Park. Most people would never even see the sign to here from the Hume and we only found the Park via Wikicamps, but even though it seems to be in the middle of nowhere, it must be truly abuzz in summer. At the moment, it is lovely and peaceful in winter, with still beautiful scenery over the lake.
Unfortunately, the lake is only at 57% capacity, which is why the water's edge was so far out. We got ourselves an ensuite site (some might think that is odd given we have a full bathroom in our caravan, but there are a couple of advantages - the first being looooong hot showers, and the second in this case, being a concrete driveway/slab which is important given how wet it had been here (not that that has helped the lake's levels - yet!)). I was very proud of myself for reversing in quite easily - probably the first time I haven't had a guide to help me! Yay me!

After setting up, went for a bit of a walk down the lake and found lots of bird life, including my favourites - pelicans!
 
We've now settled in for a cosy night inside the van with the heater blazing and a glass of red wine! Got to enjoy it while we still can!

1 Comments:

At 9:20 pm, Blogger Paul and Lisa said...

Reversed it all by yourself, eh? Obi-Wan has taught you well.

 

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