Monday, 7 December 2015

Sat, 5th Dec, 2015 Benarca Campground, Murray Valley Regional Park, west of Moama, Vic


Woken at 6.30am by a race boat roaring by. Warmer morning, 20 degrees – opened up all the windows to keep the van cool for later when we will be watching the V8s. Alfresco breakfast overlooking the river, watching all the birds. The bird brochure we picked up at the info shows the Crimson Rosella (yellow version) which I think is this one and the little one looks like a budgie.


Steve set up some Y sticks to rest his fishing rods on – the birds thought they were good.

10am and the river traffic is getting busy with cruisers, ski boats and jet skies. Steve put out his fishing rods with raw prawn on them to see if anything is interested.

A rosella had a big bird bath – I even took a video as it looked so cute.


He caught a 50cm Murray Cod.






The big wakeboard boats are zooming past with their boom boxes blaring – makes us think of Jon and his boat.

V8s on – got out the 12 volt fan to keep us cool as it is 34.8 degrees. Great races. Mark Winterbottom has secured his lead and will win the Championship tomorrow. Go Ford.

Dug out my floating hammock and put on our togs to go for a dip as certainly warmed up today. 7pm it is still 37.2 degrees in the van. The water was lovely but the sandy bank only went a little way and then it was all mud – yuk. Steve found a deeper spot where we could get closer to the shore before having to put our feet down to get out.

Found my sarongs so now nice and comfortable after a cold shower to wash off the muddy residue – well at least we went for a swim!!

Rang Sam to wish him a happy birthday while they were all together for dinner.

Cooled off to 29.9 degrees when we went to bed with all the windows and vents open.



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