When we first arrived John went off to the doctors as he is having problems with his hip, so he got some drugs and off we went walking around the town of Mildura checking it out. It is a really large place.
Saturday - we headed off to Wentworth it is where the Murray River meets the Darling River. We were here last year but boy what a difference, the road was blocked off and the water has come right up over the parks, the lookout and road. I took heaps of photos as it is unbelievable the difference. The picnic table we had lunch on last year is out in the water some distance away. You cannot get to the lookout as it is way out in the water as well. The river is running so fast all because of the flood waters coming down from Queensland. Mildura has had a lot of rain as well and there is water laying around everywhere it is not soaking into the ground at all. When we were up at Nuriootpa a couple of the big wineries (Penfolds and Wolf Blass) lost a lot of their grape crops due to the water. I think the 2011 wine vintage will be a poor one as they are all complaining about the lack of quality.
After lunch we headed down to Red Cliffs where they have the lunar festival which is the end of the harvest so they have a big celebration. There were floats going down the main street, stalls in the park and loads of entertainment. It was an excellent turn out for a reasonable small town. Then it was back to camp to prepare for our move tomorrow. We are off to Echucha for a couple of days meeting up with Brian and Julie, then we will start heading upwards on our home stretch.
Hopefully this next week we can put the last week behind us and relax a little more.
What's the story with the puppet street theatre hemoroid?, some of these places look twisted!, i HAVE to see them!! :-) i never know Nuriootpa was a real place, i thought it was something HG Nelson made up! :-)
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