We have also enjoyed camping on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga Wagga, where we met up with Matt, Tracey and the kids on their way home from Adelaide.
Other stays have been at Lake Hume, near Wodonga, where we swam and did walks around the Lake and along the "Rail Trail", Green Bank on the Murray River at Yarrawonga, Vic, where we visited a dairy farm and watched the cows being milked on a Rotary Milker. The cows are milked three times a day - every eight hours. They walk on and off the machine themselves and are quite keen to get in there. Each cow gives about ten litres of milk at each milking, that's 30 litres a day. The calves were so cute - only 4 weeks old. The farm also makes it's own cheese so we sampled that!
Our next stop was going to be a chocolate maker but when we got there they were closed for a month so we missed out - just as well, we had eaten our body weight in cheese!!
While we were at Yarrawonga, my Sister Bettina and hubby Gareth came for the day. It was so great to see them and we really appreciated them driving the three + hours from their place.
We are now at Tocumwal, NSW on the Murray River and tomorrow we will head toward Swan Hill
sprung giving myself a foot soak, ready for a pedicure!
The gold mine ruins at Adelong
The furnace
The Mine ran from 1855 to 1914
It yeilded about $300 Million in todays money
The Office
The Chimney
One of the crushers
We walked about 10km on this track
Peter with his snake defending stick
One of the many fence crossings
I always put bird seed out but only manage to feed the ants
Our beautiful view of the Murrumbidgee River
One of our camp spots on the Murrumbidgee
A Fairy Wren
We met up with Matt, Tracey and the Grandies at Wagga Wagga
Going out for dinner with the Leach Clan
I Love this photo of Lochie and I
Fun in the water after Dinner
There was a Brown Snake in the Carpark
Albury Railway Station
Lake Hume at Huon. We stayed here for two nights
Curious cows on one of our walks
We started a stampede!
Fairy Tree. Somebody had created this little scene
From Lake hume, looking back at our camp
(The Lake was only at 48% capacity)
A walk along "The Rail Trail"
The Council created a footbridge from the old Railway Bridge
The view from the Footbridge
Cows being milked on a Rotating Milker.
The 4 week old calves
This is how they feed the calves
Peter made a stairway to the River!
Our view from Camp at Yarrawonga, Vic
My Sister came to visit!!!
Girls just wanna have fun
sitting around the camp
Peter, Gareth, Bettina and Me
The Bridge between Yarrawonga, Vic and Mulwala, NSW
Apparently there was some miscommunication between the States so the Bridge has a funny kink in it and the Victorian half is lower than the NSW half!
Feeding the Seagulls at Lake Mulwala
They took the chips right out of your hands
The Big Strawberry at Koonoomoo
Log Cabin at Cobram
The Kitchen
The Big Murray Cod, Tocumwal
Old Bridge over the Murray
We are at Tocumwal
One side of the Bridge is Victoria
The other end is NSW
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