Back in Oz ..... and Back on the Road

We've been back in Australia for just over a week.  It hasn't taken us long to get back into the groove.  We picked up our caravan from Murrumbateman near Canberra and took a couple of days to restock the cupboards and pack our clothes and other stuff into their rightful places.  On Wednesday 13th January we set off again.  This time we've headed south into Victoria.

Our first night was spent at Morleys Creek Campground in Gundagai.  We've stayed here before and this time we had only one neighbour.  Perhaps the other campers had decided to stay in the caravan parks so they could use their air conditioners - it was 42C.

The next morning we made our way further south and stopped at Holbrook - "The Submarine Town" - for lunch.  Holbrook was originally called "Germanton" and the name was changed after World War I to honour Lt Norman N.D. Holbrook RN who was awarded the first Naval Victoria Cross.  There is a 1/5 scale model of Holbrook's submarine, a Submarine Museum and the above waterline structure of HMAS Otway.

After lunch we turned east onto the Murray Valley Highway towards the southern end of the Snowy Mountains.

We're camped at the Indi Bridge Campground near Upper Towong (Vic), about halfway between Khancoban in NSW and Corryong in Victoria.  This is a little piece of paradise on the Upper Murray River in dairy country.  Near Khancoban are the Murray #1 and Murray #2 Power Stations which are part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Scheme.

The air is clean and the skies are blue - hopefully we'll catch some trout in the river (we're not too hopeful of this as the water is a bit too warm).