'Wherarwee' in Oz: Log 24-03 Nyah

While at Collendina we realized that the fridge had stopped again, it was Sunday but we checked the net & found an agent in Corowa. He agreed to have a look at it on Monday. We were there promptly at 8:30 & he spent an hour fixing it up, a very sociable person, gave us a cuppa, had several phone calls, showed us the car he is restoring & gave us a few places to stay along the river. On the road again we next stopped at Barooga State Forrest, just 2K’s out of Cobram, intending to walk into town next day, unfortunately it looked like rain the next morning so we drove into Cobram, spent a couple of hours there , beautiful town, & big. Having got going we decided to push on to Eucla where we stopped for lunch. No good camping spots so we continued on to Barnham, back in NSW. Once again we found a spot on the river but it was very remote & we were alone. We had decided to stay a day or two but with no TV, no phone & no internet we canned that idea.

Travelling on we came to the rather sizeable town of Murray Falls, like all country towns it was spaciously laid out with wide streets & the shopping centre encompassing several blocks, but at least it had all the big supermarkets. We staid the night at the Riverside caravan Park where they had the best amenities block we have seen, very modern & exceptionally clean, it was also only 1K from town. We stocked the fridge with everything we would need for the next 5 days.

We only drove 28K’s up the highway & came to the tiny town of Nyah, it had a small general store & a service station with the biggest security fence around it that we have ever seen, actually the only service station we have seen with a security fence. The shop traded normally but the s/station didn’t open till late afternoon. It also sold groceries & pizzas. The camping area was once again on the banks of the Murray behind the sports ground, it was a vast area capable of holding approx. 500 vans, there were 60 or 70 vans/motorhomes there. We have stayed for 5 days even though we can’t go anywhere but netball is played there of an afternoon, they had the big cricket match Friday arvo & Aussie rules, grades A,B & C on Saturday, every morning the trotters practice on the course. For such a small town we can’t believe the amount of activity.

In the morning we move on to Robinvale, our final destination for this part of the journey.