Day 20 - Cadell to Wentworth
Three States, two rivers, 244km - but how peaceful is this campsite?!
Up reasonably early (to an alarm?!) for the departure that would make our group of young people happy. Although it seemed everyone else camped there was thinking the same thing as there was a lot of activity this morning!
On the road by 9:45am, and apparently they were moving in before we had even got the Phoenix up the hill to the upper level! Ahh well, they can party as hard as they want to now!
On the road for a while, before stopping on the shores of Lake Bonney for elevenses. Greg and I camped there many years ago (in the caravan park, which was just along from where we stopped). It was a bit cooler this morning.
We travelled via Berri, leaving South Australia after the Renmark quarantine check point (going the other way), and of course, lost half an hour. Wheat and barley crops were replaced with grape vines and citrus trees. Into Victoria, and we stopped at Lake Cullulleraine for lunch, also on the shores of a lake!
50km later, we turned left and headed for New South Wales. Over the Murray and over the Darling, and here we are, all set up on the banks of the Darling, right next to Sturt's tree, where Captain Charles Sturt anchored when he reached the confluence of the Murray and Darling Rivers, now right outside our caravan. The river is peaceful, there are ducks and pelicans (and not a jet ski in sight), the caravan park is very quiet - I think we will get our peaceful relaxing weekend now!
Out for dinner to one of the pubs tonight, it was rated #2 on TripAdvisor. Great service, friendly locals but the food was pretty ordinary. We did comment that we haven't had great luck at pubs on this trip - at Streaky Bay, we left behind the bottle of wine we had paid for; in Burra we forgot to pay for our (ordinary) meals, and tonight, they forgot to charge us for our (ordinary) meals!
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