We made a few phone calls and quickly realized that it would be hard to find somewhere to stay in SA because of the school holidays, so we decided to travel through to Adelaide and we were able to do it pretty easily as the roads were long and straight. All around Swan Hill there was lots of surface water remaining from the recent floods and the Murray River was very full. It was all so good to see after the many years where the river has been a mere trickle. On the way to Ouyen we stopped in at Tooleybuc where Geoff and Jan had been teachers. It was a very pretty little place, right on the Murray and very close to Swan Hill.
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| Tooleybuc Central School |
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| Tooleybuc Central School |
Both Ouyen and Pinnaroo were lovely towns. They are a little bit isolated but they had nice parks with good amenities and we enjoyed our brief visits there. The countryside included many vineyards and, surprisingly, rice farms. In fact, Australia's first rice farm is just near Pinnaroo which is in the Mallee. From here we headed across to Tailem Bend and we were in Adelaide by 4pm. It was lovely to see Garry's sister, Suzanne, again. Because she has always lived so far away we have not had a lot of contact in the past and we were looking forward to having some time in which to relax and catch up.
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