2018 Road Trip - Day 2 – Gundagai, Corowa, Cobram, Echuca

Lower overnight temperatures ensured a comfortable night’s sleep in our cosy cabin at Gundagai. We made another early start with Gary continuing to exclaim at the wonders of the early morning, something he has rarely experienced in recent years. We packed the car and headed into Gundagai, stumbling across the old railway station and the other end of the historic ruin viaduct bridge – of course I had to take more photos. We grabbed some fresh bread rolls, salad and meat, fruit…and a verrry nice vanilla slice and headed off to our first rendezvous, Corowa.

  

We met up with Kevin & Maz in the Main Street of Corowa and spent some time reminiscing with Maz who taught there for a term when she first became a teacher. She said the population was 1,000 then and a lady in a shop told us it’s now 10,000! After coffees for the other three, and a shared scones, jam and cream for Gary and me, we headed off for Thompson’s Beach at Cobram, our designated lunch picnic spot.

  

Thompson’s Beach is fantastic and was a great spot for a picnic lunch. We waded in the Murray River and enjoyed a pleasant lunch for an hour or so. It was hot but not unbearably so. All in all a lovely spot. We then headed off on the last leg of today’s journey and an hour and a half later we arrived at Echuca, our base for the next four nights.

  

We quickly checked in to our cabin and then raced off to see the National Holden Museum, spending an interesting hour there. They had lots of cars there, dating back to the 50s and we enjoyed checking them all out. Gary pounced on the 1964 model he had always coveted but was never able to own. We saw the same Kingswood we owned and did lots of other reminiscing. They also gave an air bag demonstration that was quite interesting.

  

We had a quick look at the river and the various paddle steamers, that we are sure to see more of in the coming days, and discovered a new variety of tree - a thong tree! 

  

After unpacking the car and settling in, we decided to eat out tonight and spent a nice evening at the Rich River Moama Golf Club before returning back to the cabin for a reasonably early night, all to prepare for our first full day in Echuca tomorrow.