By the time we packed up and left it was 10.30am and we drove the 160 Klms to Echuca.
We drove into town and parked in the information centre and walked down to the port to book a ride on a paddlesteamer for the next day. The Murray River was running high at over 4 metres above the normal level because of all the rain.
When we were in Bali we met a lovely family Craig, Kylie, Jake, Daniel and Casey and they had invited us to stay at their house. They have a lovely house with a few acres. Michael loved it as Craig has race horses and the both of them are very similiar in their interests. When they met in Bali they really hit it off.
The boys had a great time cruising around the backyard with Daniel and Casey rounding up cows on the quad bike and locking them in different paddocks.
It was great to catch up again and we had a late night chatting.
The next day we went on the Paddlesteamer The Canberra for an hour cruise and Michael got to drive. It was really interesting to see how high the water was along the Murray River.
The next stop was the Holden Museum. They had a great collection of cars and the boys really enjoyed looking at them all.
We walked across the Echuca bridge which takes you across the border into NSW. The boys weren't impressed to be back in NSW!!! The adventure is coming to an end.
We visited The Great Aussie Beer Shed which not only has beer memorabilia on display but anything made in Australia. It was really interesting and the Owner got all the kids on the tour to demonstrate something along the way. The kids loved it. You could purchase an alcoholic drink in a beer cooler with all the money going to the Children's Hospital for $10 so most people were cruising around the museum drinking. It was for a good cause.
We couldn't visit Echuca without a quick visit to the skatepark.
That night we went to The Falcon Hotel for dinner with Craig's family and had a great night.
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