Day 58

Day 58 Renmark SA

Sunrise

DC3

After our big day yesterday at Western Plains Zoo, today we did relatively very little, mainly drive, mind you, we did a lot of it 688 kms of. It also means we have now visited all mainland states as we dipped into Victoria today. At west Wyalong as we drove out, Maureen saw a second entrance and there right next to it is a DC3 on display. Did not see it yesterday when we drove in but I am not too worried about my eyes yet as there was a thick stand of trees behind it. It was built in 1943 in Oklahoma as part of the war effort and when decommissioned it was donated to the Lions club there.

Chasing dinner

View at campsite

Our target was to be Mildura, but the roads were very flat and in excellent condition so we made good time. We were surrounded by cereal crop fields on all sides and saw our first sheep for weeks. When we got to Mildura, I was still going fine so we thought we would go another 60 kms but then Renmark came onto the road signs and we thought blow it, keep going, so we did and we pulled into the same van park as we did 2 years ago, Renmark Riverview Holiday Village. It is a lot fuller than last time as school holidays are on, but still nice. 43 in the water bag today and 42 tomorrow.

Just me and the kids Girt & Trude

We went into town and bought some makings and Maureen cooked a fabulous dinner. We are now planning tomorrow to blow through Adelaide and maybe Port Augusta depending on roads. Maureen is off cooking apricots as we found some cheap ones here and we cannot take them over borders raw.