Day 10 Morning Glory to Broadford
Full morning but fortunately not raining as we were packing up and moving on today
Walked down the muddy road to the amenities. The people that had been camping there had moved on, I think they must have got fed up with the wet as their van was in water !!
No one around so sat and looked at the view whilst on the dunny 😜
Time to move on and leave our lovely high and dry camp spot
Bill had taken note of the height of the river when we arrived by using a little stump poking out of the water as a marker.
Time to move on and leave our lovely high and dry camp spot
Bill had taken note of the height of the river when we arrived by using a little stump poking out of the water as a marker.
He noted that the level of the river mustn’t have dropped or risen as the stump was at the same height
We went over a bridge over the Murray at Barmah. I missed taking a photo of it as I hadn’t realised that we passed over the Murray again, especially as the guy at the info centre had told us that there were only 2 bridges over the Murray in this area and we drove over 2 between Moama and Echuca
We continued on the C358 to Shepparton
Passed lots of orchards on this road
Passed this cidery, unfortunately it was closed☹️ They are making good use of all the apples that grow in this region
Turned off onto the Goulburn Valley Highway
Drove through Shepparton
Not much to see, looked like a small country town until this huge high rise came into view
Main street had some well established pretty trees lining it
Then we came across another tall building
Passed over the Broken River just south of Shepparton
Next destination Nagambie where we were hoping to find somewhere to pull up for some lunch
Passed over the Seven Creeks at Kialla
The Highway then became a Freeway
Continuing south
Over Castle Creek with water in it, probably normally a dry creek
No one else around probably because it was very muddy around but we found a nice dry grassy area where we could open the van up and make wraps to eat for lunch
Went up to the bridge to check it out
We went over a bridge over the Murray at Barmah. I missed taking a photo of it as I hadn’t realised that we passed over the Murray again, especially as the guy at the info centre had told us that there were only 2 bridges over the Murray in this area and we drove over 2 between Moama and Echuca
We continued on the C358 to Shepparton
Passed lots of orchards on this road
Passed this cidery, unfortunately it was closed☹️ They are making good use of all the apples that grow in this region
Turned off onto the Goulburn Valley Highway
Drove through Shepparton
Not much to see, looked like a small country town until this huge high rise came into view
Main street had some well established pretty trees lining it
Then we came across another tall building
Passed over the Broken River just south of Shepparton
Next destination Nagambie where we were hoping to find somewhere to pull up for some lunch
Passed over the Seven Creeks at Kialla
The Highway then became a Freeway
Continuing south
Over Castle Creek with water in it, probably normally a dry creek
Traffic now separated as a true freeway
And a name change from Goulburn Valley HWY to Goulburn Valley FWY
Turned off the fwy to go into Nagambie
And a name change from Goulburn Valley HWY to Goulburn Valley FWY
Turned off the fwy to go into Nagambie
Headed towards the lakes to find a lunch spot
No such luck finding anywhere to stop near the lake - cars parked all along the side of the road. I did however manage to get a photo of the Black Caviar statue as Bill slowed down in front of it
We decided to head out on the wineries road hoping to find the Chinamans Bridge rest area that was mentioned in Wikicamps
We found it on the banks of the Goulburn River
No such luck finding anywhere to stop near the lake - cars parked all along the side of the road. I did however manage to get a photo of the Black Caviar statue as Bill slowed down in front of it
We decided to head out on the wineries road hoping to find the Chinamans Bridge rest area that was mentioned in Wikicamps
We found it on the banks of the Goulburn River
No one else around probably because it was very muddy around but we found a nice dry grassy area where we could open the van up and make wraps to eat for lunch
Went up to the bridge to check it out
Pretty flowers in the area
This is where we pulled up. As I said lots of mud around but we managed to find a dry grassed area to pull up. Hidden behind the trees in this photo
We walked over to the river to check out the bridge from below before leaving
A better view of where we pulled up
Looked across at the Chinamans bridge over the Goulburn as we headed back out to the highway
More Canola growing at the side of the road. Everywhere that I have seen it I have wanted to go up close and inspect it especially the flower but the fields are always fenced off with barb wire. Must be a valuable crop!
Couldn’t work out what this was in the middle of the huge island at the turn off back onto the highway, on closer inspection and realising that we had just come from a wine region I realised how clever and topical it was
Back onto the Freeway
Turned off the Freeway to go into Seymour
Headed into Seymour
Found out about the Vietnam Veterans commemorative walk
So spent some time looking at it all
A lot of work and effort has gone into this well deserved memorial honouring all the forces in their duty to service
Found Dan
Found Nev
Back out from Seymour
Over the Goulburn river again
On the highway
But then turned off at Tallarook to check out the Rail Trail
Lots of different doable sections
Looks pretty
Worth doing some time
Through the town of Tallarook
Onwards to Broadford
Taking the exit off the highway
Into Broadford
Our route for the day
and our pretty rest stop for the night
Found this on Wikicamps
Free camping at the bowls club.
This is where we pulled up. As I said lots of mud around but we managed to find a dry grassed area to pull up. Hidden behind the trees in this photo
We walked over to the river to check out the bridge from below before leaving
A better view of where we pulled up
Looked across at the Chinamans bridge over the Goulburn as we headed back out to the highway
More Canola growing at the side of the road. Everywhere that I have seen it I have wanted to go up close and inspect it especially the flower but the fields are always fenced off with barb wire. Must be a valuable crop!
Couldn’t work out what this was in the middle of the huge island at the turn off back onto the highway, on closer inspection and realising that we had just come from a wine region I realised how clever and topical it was
Back onto the Freeway
Turned off the Freeway to go into Seymour
Headed into Seymour
Found out about the Vietnam Veterans commemorative walk
So spent some time looking at it all
A lot of work and effort has gone into this well deserved memorial honouring all the forces in their duty to service
Found Dan
Found Nev
Back out from Seymour
Over the Goulburn river again
On the highway
But then turned off at Tallarook to check out the Rail Trail
Lots of different doable sections
Looks pretty
Worth doing some time
Through the town of Tallarook
Onwards to Broadford
Taking the exit off the highway
Into Broadford
Our route for the day
and our pretty rest stop for the night
Found this on Wikicamps
Free camping at the bowls club.
A few vans there already
But we found ourselves a nice little spot by the creek
After setting up and relaxing for a bit we headed off to walk to the pub. Had no idea that there would be so many interesting things to look at along the way,,,
Hume and Hovell story
A historical display
A Straw Boiler…Bill next to it to show the size
The old school
The Courier office
Old cottages
The goal
We finally got to the pub. A bit cold getting there but warm and cosy inside. The special for the night was different versions of Parma so we both ordered Parma. It came with chips and salad. Needless to say neither of us finished our meals and in hindsight should only have ordered one between us . I had a red wine with my meal and Bill had a Woodcutters amber ale
But we found ourselves a nice little spot by the creek
After setting up and relaxing for a bit we headed off to walk to the pub. Had no idea that there would be so many interesting things to look at along the way,,,
Hume and Hovell story
A historical display
A Straw Boiler…Bill next to it to show the size
The old school
The Courier office
Old cottages
The goal
We finally got to the pub. A bit cold getting there but warm and cosy inside. The special for the night was different versions of Parma so we both ordered Parma. It came with chips and salad. Needless to say neither of us finished our meals and in hindsight should only have ordered one between us . I had a red wine with my meal and Bill had a Woodcutters amber ale
We walked back to the van beside the creek where we are camped
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