Luverly Loxton

Loxton, another lovely town on the Murray. We decided on the way to give the National Park a miss and stay in a Caravan Park on the river, the main reason was that they hired out canoes and we fancied a wee paddle on the river. Spent the first day driving around and checking things out and found a great spot with free camping for next time, weather was glorious, 28°C and not a cloud in the sky.
Trish fancied a steak so we dragged out the BBQ, normally we’d use the ones in the park but this one was too far away from the van. The bird life around the place is amazing, Kookaburras, Cockatoos and the usual array of other parrots and squawking beasties. Just as Trish was finishing her steak a kookaburra swooped in under the awning and tried to make off with what was left but as the bone was too big the fecker couldn’t take off with it and dropped in on the ground…Trish was NOT happy and vowed to terminate the next flying thieving vermin that came near. Next morning the bacon and eggs was prepared with haste and eaten inside, just in case!

We went for our canoe trip up the Murray as we thought we’d be able to drift back down the river, it was a two seater so we could take turns paddling, OK Trish didn’t do too much of the paddling! It was hard work against the current and the wind but it was well worth the effort, we had seen an island near the town and chose that as the turning point, no other boats on the river so it was very peaceful and relaxing (for some). The trip back took less than half the time to get to the island as the current was really strong, reckon we’ll be talking about floods on the Murray River sometime soon as there is a lot of water still to come from all the other rivers we past on the trip. We decided as the weather was so good to stay another night here and then of course the weather broke and it rained…ah sure, we’ll stay another night to dry out… any excuse to put off the inevitable!!! Back to Adelaide on Sunday… Monday? Tuesday?...