FIFTYTHIRD DAY – MONDAY 30TH AUGUST
Colin made us his yummy porridge and we also had an egg on toast with tomato – a big breakfast. Graeme went and picked some mandarins and oranges for us to take home. Eunice also gave us a few of their home grown pumpkins as well. So we are well and truly stocked up! We said our goodbyes and hugged and off we went at about 10.15 am. We then went to woollies to get some supplies and then to the Angus Park shop to buy some dried fruit and yummies. Filled up our petrol and away we went over the bridge back into NSW as that’s the way to go down along the Murray. We travelled along the Sturt Highway until Robinvale which is back into Victoria and then travelled along the Murray River to Nyah State Forest where we are camped for the night along the river. It is just before Swan Hill. Along the way there were many orchards of olives, pears, apples, peaches and of course lots of grapevines. We are now camped right next to a bend in the river were the water swirls around the corner and makes interesting patterns in the water. Every now and then the water makes a big woooshing sound, and it really sounds like there is a big something swimming in the water. There are many birds here and we watched a Great Egret standing in the water catching small fish with his beak – he was very good at it. There were also blue wrens hopping about and Kookaburras laughing in the gumtrees and galahs and a few other birds I couldn’t quite identify. Later in the evening just before it got really dark we noticed very small bats flying overhead catching bugs, they were fun to watch. We had collected some wood and Graeme made a beaut fire in which we cooked our veggies. We also had lamb rump steaks. We sat in front of the fire and spoke about the last few days we have had in Mildura and visiting the relatives which was very enjoyable.