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Wednesday
morning was clear and cold at the Wentworth caravan park we loaded
the boats with our gear Belinda and Betty set up in the tinnie and
Tamara, Mark, Mitchell & Tayla plus myself set up in the Putt
Putt.
The
water was flat calm like glass as we headed under the bridge and
up the Darling River.
The
river was a lot wider than I had imagined and there where a few
house boats on the water.
We
where told that the ratio for the Darling was 6 river kilometres
to 1 road kilometre as it twists around more than the Murray.
It
was a really a great trip quietly sneaking past the cattle, sheep,
horses and goats grazing right at the waters edge.
We
have never seen so many swans, Pelicans and water birds on a river
there where a lot of small dead fish and they seemed to be feeding
on them.
Later
we where told that they where brim and this peculuarity happens
every year and is attributed to the fish can’t take the cold
water.
Betty
was able to read her Advertiser as she was transported through the
glass smooth water in the comfort of a seat in the middle of the
tinnie while Belinda drove.
We
travelled twenty kilometres up stream where we pulled in to refuel
and have lunch, Mark and Belinda cooked pork chops and sausages
with all the trimmings on an open fire.
As
we travelled back we came across a deli sign at the back of a
roadhouse situated on the Wentworth Broken Hill road it was
decided that we could all do with an ice cream so we pulled into
the steep bank.
But
we found a big Alsatian dog guarding the back of the shop so we
moved down steam where we could get off with a fence between him
and us.
However
on pulling into the steep bank Mark went to jump from the boat to
shore and somehow missed and fell into the main river he was not
in for long but was soaked to the skin, luckily we had a rug to
keep him warm while we all had our ice creams and set sail down
stream.
We
arrived back at the caravan park at four o’clock where we
dropped every one off while Mark and I went across the Murray and
bought back a full load of wood for a fire to warm up, with plenty
left over to leave in a heap for the next visitors to the park.
Devon
Amber
Box 12
Gumeracha 5233
Amber@chariot.net.au
http://www.cobweb.com.au/~amber/index.html
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photographs from the Wooden Boat Festivals
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