Departed our camp just outside Echuca around 9am and ventured into the town itself to look around the historic Port & Wharf area on the River Murray(photo). There are several paddlesteamers upon which cruises can be done and many of the original buildings and their corresponding businesses have been restored for tourists to view as you walk around the port area. After a couple of hours of sightseeing we left Echuca and headed east, stopping at a roadside stop on the Goulburn River at McCoys Bridge for a coffee stop. Upon reaching Cobram and as we had travelled nearly 300kms since leaving Bridgewater, we refueled the motorhome (Diesel $1.539) then found a nice quiet campsite on the River Murray about 5kms north west of Cobram called "Dead River Beach". There is already a few other campers along the river here, so looks like it maybe a popular spot for the forth-coming Easter break. As it was raining most of the afternoon we decided not to travel too far down the track along the river in case we needed to get out if it rained heavier in the next couple of days. We plan to camp here over the Easter\Anzac day break and stay off of the road whilst all the "maniacs" are travelling over the holiday break. But if we get overrun here with drunks and trail bikes etc. we may move on anyway.Wednesday, April 20, 2011
COBRAM
Departed our camp just outside Echuca around 9am and ventured into the town itself to look around the historic Port & Wharf area on the River Murray(photo). There are several paddlesteamers upon which cruises can be done and many of the original buildings and their corresponding businesses have been restored for tourists to view as you walk around the port area. After a couple of hours of sightseeing we left Echuca and headed east, stopping at a roadside stop on the Goulburn River at McCoys Bridge for a coffee stop. Upon reaching Cobram and as we had travelled nearly 300kms since leaving Bridgewater, we refueled the motorhome (Diesel $1.539) then found a nice quiet campsite on the River Murray about 5kms north west of Cobram called "Dead River Beach". There is already a few other campers along the river here, so looks like it maybe a popular spot for the forth-coming Easter break. As it was raining most of the afternoon we decided not to travel too far down the track along the river in case we needed to get out if it rained heavier in the next couple of days. We plan to camp here over the Easter\Anzac day break and stay off of the road whilst all the "maniacs" are travelling over the holiday break. But if we get overrun here with drunks and trail bikes etc. we may move on anyway.
