Day 28 – 20/3/2015 Went to Kennington this morning. Deb did some retail therapy while I fished the reservoir. Had to fish into a fierce head wind (you are only allowed to fish from 2 fishing platforms). Struggled to get any distance into the wind & hence no fish. Went later to Crusoe Reservoir, also a few minutes from the caravan park. Managed 31 Redfin, keeping 4 & returning 27. These were fantastic on the BBQ. The flesh fell apart as it was so fresh. Day 29 – 21/3/2015 Fished Crusoe Reservoir again while Deb did some retail therapy. Managed 27 Redfin, keeping 8 & returning 19. Had 4 on the BBQ again, keeping the other 4 for the cat for tomorrow. Sad to finish our last day, but also looking forward to getting home. Day ... read more

Day 25 – 17/3/2015 Fuel top up at Echuca: 263.0km 34.54L $1.29.9/L Avg 13.1L/100km Departed Echuca at 9.30am. Arrived Bendigo at 10.55am. Spent nearly 2 1/2 hours driving from caravan park to caravan park, from one end of Bendigo to the other finding that almost all the parks were booked out due to a bowls tournament (will have to keep my eyes out for erratically driven cars with bowls hats in the back)! There ended up being 3 parks only with any vacancies. We ended up staying at the Central City Caravan Park. Sites are a bit tight, but it is quite neat & at least it is closer to facilities (under 5km from a nice trout lake, so might manage to get a bit of fishing in) than the others were (10 & 16km out ... read more

Day 23 – 15/3/2015 Hooray! Violin lady left today! Peace & tranquillity is back! Went to the Rich River Golf Club, just across the border into NSW a few kilometres out of Moama. A very nice place with good priced food & drinks. Returned to the Holden Museum just around the corner from the caravan park. Not over large like some museums, but the disappointing thing for me was the lack of Commodore vehicles. I had expected to see the entire range of Holden vehicles, but this was an obvious huge hole in the lineage of cars put out by Holden. Afterwards we went for a walk down the main street, visiting the chocolate shop. Deb tried the Chocolate Liqueur while I sampled the chocolates. Deb purchased a champagne truffle while I had a solid chocolate ... read more

Day 19 – 11/3/2015 Drove across the border into NSW to get a closer look at Murray Downs homestead. A very large rural property with a house on it that looks like Southfork out of the TV show Dallas. The property adjoins the world class Murray Downs Golf Club & Murray Downs Resort complexes. Spent the rest of the morning taking a casual stroll along the shopping precinct in Swan Hill. In the afternoon we again hopped in the swimming pool & lounged around on the recliners before returning to the pool again, holding conversations with several couples. Another evening BBQ (why cook inside when you can cook outside?) before chasing mosquitoes in the caravan that were obviously immune to the half a tin of insect spray I smothered them with. Two hands were more effective, ... read more

Day 15 – 7/3/2015 Rest day. Just looked around the shopping centres in Mildura. Day 16 – 8/3/2015 Went to Gol Gol just over the border into NSW where there were spectacular views of the Murray River. A short drive down the road was the brilliant Trentham Estate on the scenic banks of the Murray River for some wine tasting, a few bottles for later & more photos. We returned to Mildura to the Gateway Tavern Bistro for lunch. Choice of 2 soups, minestrone & mulligatawny, then choice of 3 roasts with a vegetable & salad selection, finally followed by a chocolate mousse, all for $15. No wonder the place was packed out. Returning back to the van to rest up a little before packing the van before heading to Swan Hill tomorrow.... read more