Early this morning, as I paid a visit to the ablutions, I was washing my hands and talking to the fella next to me without looking at him before I realised it was one of my customers from Albury. I suppose that's a reminder that we're getting close to home.
We tracked back through Mildura onto the NSW side of the Murray to follow the Sturt Hwy to Eusten. This stretch of road was the worst we've seen on our trip, much worse than the outback roads of WA. It is limited to 110km/h but the side of the road has holes that are 1ft deep in places and no sign to warn drivers.
At Robinvale we finally crossed back into Victoria where the road was generally better but there was clear evidence that the road has suffered with recent rains. We stopped at Lake Boga for lunch and, once again, marvelled at the lake which was a dustbowl back in 2009.
On the East side of Kerang we found a detour as one lane of the Murray Valley Hwy looked like it was washed away by floods. The map shows "Dry Lake" beside the why but it was full to the brink.
SHortly after Torrumbarry we turned South to Lockington and by 1:30pm pulled in at Ron & Vicki's place. Unfortunately Vicki had just returned from Hospital with one leg in plaster. Ron, Ilse and I took over Vicki's kitchen to prepare tonight's dinner.
Tonight's tucker reminded us very much of the good times in Broome where we had Mango every day and where we caught tonights' fish.
This was fitting meal for our last night in the caravan, in exactly the same spot where we had our first night over 3 months ago.
Here is the link to today's travel map
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