Located just across the bridge in New South Wales the caravan park is a Family Park but had offered us a $20/night special previously. Very good value for what turned out to be a top caravan park. Surrounded by the Murray River on both sides it is quite a large development. The actual caravan section is small with most of the park setup for permanent homes/vacation homes. That being said the caravan part was nicely laid out with good size sites. The amenity block is somewhat dated but very clean. I'll give them 4 Stars.
Once we checked in the girls did a couple of loads of laundry before we ventured into Echuca for a quick look around. Another large town located on the Murray River. The historic section of town near the river is full of beautiful old buildings. Unfortunately, a number of them appear to be empty and for sale/lease. They also have a section by the river set up as the historic precinct with a number of old buildings, tourist attractions, and museums. Quite interesting but appears that they haven't left any really good free viewpoints of the river itself. We did walk down a ways to where the numerous tourist Paddle boats launch. Got a few pictures of the Emmy Lou docking. We may take a short tour later in the week if the weather stays fine. Today was fine but the forecast isn't too good.
We did a bit of shopping along the main street although surprisingly no purchases were made. We headed back to the caravan park for a relaxing afternoon enjoying a bit of sun.
Tuesday was grey and rainy much of the day. We ventured into town to get some groceries and other supplies with the Ransleys. Returned to the caravan park to do a bit of Blog catch-up. Had a lot to do as was almost 3 weeks behind. Yikes! What a memory tester. Later in the day Rans & I went down to the Moama RSL, which was just down the road from our caravan park, for a few cold ones and a couple of bets. I won't say too much about our success, but the beer was good at least! Sandra and Carol joined us later for a few drinks and a lovely dinner.
There was quite a bit of rain through the night but we awoke to dry but cloudy weather. Sadly we said our goodbyes this morning to Carol & Stephen, as they are now on their way home. We knew this day was coming as they had planned to be home at least a week prior to us. That being said, it was still a bit emotional seeing them off. So great to travel with family/friends that enjoy experiencing the adventure much like ourselves! Safe travels home.
The morning was spent doing some more laundry and computer work. Still a bit overcast but it seemed to clear around lunch time. We decided to venture out to explore historic Echuca again. We walked along the precinct again and explored a few shops that weren't open on Monday. Given the somewhat good weather we decided to do the Steamboat cruise. Luckily we got a two for one special for a one hour cruise aboard the PS Alexander Arbuthnot. The boat was 90+ years old and the last commercially commissioned Paddle Steamer on the Murray. Enjoyed a peaceful, informative hour on the Murray River.
Once the cruise ended we did a quick diesel top up and last minute grocery shopping before returning to the caravan park. Finished off a bit of laundry and packed up a few more things around the caravan before leaving tomorrow. Echuca has been another interesting experience and we have enjoyed another nice caravan park at Merool on the Murray.
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