After breakfast and filling up a couple of our water tanks we were on the road again, albeit for less than an hour to Echuca, or Echuca – Moama if you include its sister town of Moama, across the river in New South Wales. In days past Echuca was Australia’s most significant inland river port. Located on the Murray River, it is over 1,700 kilometres or 1,000 miles from the mouth of the river. Today the former hustle and bustle of a busy trading port has been replaced by the comings and goings of tourists, particularly short term visitors from Melbourne, only a couple of hundred kilometres to the south. In addition to being a popular tourist destination the town remains an important service centre for the surrounding agricultural region.
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From Pink Lakes to Sea Lake via Patchewollock – Day 309
After two days enjoying the natural delights of the Pink Lakes area of the Murray – Sunset National Park it was time to move on. Today we travel to the small town of Sea Lake, via Patchewollock, and indulge in the delights of some human creations, mainly in the form of grain silo art and other artworks along the way.
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The Rambling Wombat 