This morning we walked along the riverfront and had a look at the smarter Echuca shops before heading back to the motor home to pack and get on the road. It was a rather uninspiring drive west, windy with scrubby country most of the way. Once more we were surprised as we were last year when we came to the town of Cohuna where water is plentiful - lakes, full canals, waterslides, fountains in the park - I don't know if they have a spring but strange to see so much water amongst such dry country. There are a few salt lakes around that area, although one, Lake Boga, is completely empty .. the result of the long Victorian drought. Lake Boga was the base for Catalina flying boats during the war and there is a
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