Mildura and beyond...

Mildura…as expected weather sensational, 27°C and getting hotter, we’ve decided to stay here for 4 nights and just warm up, chill out and have fun. It’s a great city, lots to do and the river is flowing very nicely, the Murray River is the border line here with NSW and Victoria, we crossed the border to visit Wentworth, nice place and its another place ear marked for a longer stay, the Murray and Darling Rivers meet at Wentworth and with the amount of rain we’ve had the meeting of the waters is looking good. We had a look at the Lock and the difference in height was only about 1.5 to 2 metres, last time we went through a Lock it was at least 5 metres. Had a nice rest day and did absolutely nuffin, well, I did, Trish did our last bit of washing before we head for home. We’ve now covered over 8200 kms (that’s over 5000 miles!).
However the term “Road Closed” still haunts us, we tried every way we could think of to get to the Dig Tree and Birdsville and every time we got close it was “Road Closed”. I heard about a place called “Mungo National Park”, it was only about 100km north of Mildura and the name immediately had me intrigued, then I saw some photos and thought … “we should go there”...called into the Tourist Office in Mildura….big sign “Mungo National Park – Road Closed”…ahhh here!!!
Couple “next door” on our first few nights were from Sydney…well he was a Dub, from the Navan Road – funny when someone says the Navan Rd you can pin point where they’re from (between the Cop Shop and the Halfway House, in case ye wondered), she was a pom but we wouldn’t hold that against her and their 2 kids were really great, Trish and meself even played Vollyball with the kids and had a laff, thank God it got dark and we could call it quits, wrecked we were. We had a great few nights with them, a bit of a singsong one night but generally just chattin’ and enjoyin the wine and company…ain’t it funny how people just click. Met another couple from NZ who are on the Big Lap and not sure how long it will take and caring less, just havin fun and enjoyin the trip…way to go! I got some good advice on loading me photos so watch out you lot! Sunsets were SPECTACULAR, Murray River in full flow.
We’re off to Loxton next, not sure if we’ll “slum it” or go to a Caravan Park…