SWAN HILL VIC
DAY 32
A quiet day by standards, but perhaps the biggest event is that the weather has returned to something resembling Autumn.
Temps should be back in the low 20’s in no time.
More clear skies ahead and farewell to that wind…..
Swan Hill is home to a paddle steamer called the Pyap.
I didn’t ride this one, although it did roll its way up and down the river past my tent more than once today.
Mildura should be the final paddle steamer stop on the tour and I believe there to be a couple of beauties up there to look forward to.
The steamer here is associated with a pioneer settlement tourist attraction in Swan Hill – only 500 meters from my camp in fact.
This area is more an authentic re-working of what a township would have looked like say, about 140 years ago.
A similar idea really to an attraction called Old Sydney Town – not quite a theme park but not at all in the same league as Echuca.
The Port of Echuca is as it was in the 1860’s – just subject to some modifications and modernisations over time – and a finely preserved specimen it is.
Anyway, it is shortly time for an early night in anticipation of a long day on the road tomorrow.
I 'm estimating a 150 day followed by 80-odd into Mildura on Thursday.
There will be a few days in Mildura (which I am hoping will include a very special excursion), with only then the final few days into Adelaide sometime next week.
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