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A Day light savings finished last night, thank goodness for that, our new curtains were starting to fade with all that extra light we were getting….. The Murray is a very impressive river, have not seen it for many years, wide, brown and flowing, lined by huge gum trees full of screeching birds, which are very noisy at both ends of the day. The way here from Bendigo was very flat so we cruised here at a steady pace. We chose a very busy weekend to come here as there is a fishing comp, a lawn bowls comp and a bike race as well, so we could only get an unpowered site. With our new batteries needing a charge and some fairly cool days with not a lot of sunshine this was not ideal, but I befriended a guy, Mick, who lives here permanently and he let me plug in to his power so we could charge up. We have decided to head for Brisbane and not change our flights to Sydney as it was going to cost about $1200. So, heading off tomorrow on an inland route which will take us through Dubbo and we will miss out on seeing Sydney and the coast between there and Brisbane for now Have done some more repairs to the trailer. Had to buy a new jockey wheel as the handle snapped off, I think it was when we drove into Robyn and Phils, they have a bit of a dip where their driveway meets the road and our draw bar on the trailer is a bit low. Found a trailer place here, the salesman was a dodgy looking fellow but had the right bits. Had some good pies for morning tea the other morning. The quality of a town’s bakeries and their pies and sausage rolls is beginning to influence how I feel about the place. A