Day 17

Took about  an hour and a half to drive to Echuca through the flat plains area north of Bendigo today. The town is bigger than we expected and has lots of pubs and eateries. We had lunch at the Shamrock (again) toady, but this was an Irish pub in the middle of Echuca.

Yes I had seafood in a pub that is as far west as the Gulf of Carpentaria !!!!! Terry had the Celtic Chicken pie.

We went over to the old wharf area and (just our luck) it is all fenced off for upgrading. Saw a paddle steamer leaving the wharf on a tiny viewing platform with 5 other people.

Walked across the bridge over the great Murray River, with it's beautiful Red River Gums, to the NSW town of Moama - heaps of  border traffic.

Got a pizza and a jug of beer for $20 for dinner.