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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Mildura to Swan Hill


We left the Mildura crickets behind (thousands of them everywhere, including in our washing off the line) and set off for Swan Hill. Morning tea was at a rest area beside the Murray (photo) just out of Robinvale.



We set up in the Big 4 at Swan Hill - this is an excellent park with large, grassed sites and outstanding amenities. After a little shopping we headed for Lake Boga (photo) and the Catalina Museum - they are restoring a Catalina (photo) in a new building which was actually built around the plane. Lake Boga was a maintenance facility for catalinas and other flying boats during World War 2 - there is a very interesting Museum here including video footage of Catalina attacks on shipping.
Until recently the lake was dry but is now close to overflowing - sand bags were in place.


We then drove to the banks of the river to once again see it in all its magnificence.
Tomorrow we have a short drive into Echuca for our overnight.

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