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| Jingellic Reserve |
When I was sitting in my lounge in Collie mentally planning our
trip along the Murray River, Jingellic Reserve looked to be the perfect last
camp – as far up towards the headwaters as you could camp with a dog in tow (Kosciusko
National Park from there up), grassy bank on the river, reports of Murray Cod,
and 100m from the pub.
Unfortunately after launching my tinny it became obvious
that the fast flowing stream that was the Murray this far upstream wasn’t going
to be suitable to our style of fishing as the electric motor had no chance of
holding the boats position against the current and most of the river was very
shallow. So after one quick foray up the creek the tinny went back on the roof. BUGGER!
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| View from under our awning |
But our stay at Jingellic was still really enjoyable with
the crystal clear young Murray River gurgling past, a good meal at the pub and
Molly was in dog heaven – two big dogs to play with and the old fella camping
down the front supplying a constant supply of chicken wings and dog bones.
Talking about Molly’s friends – one was a border collie that
thought my drone was the best thing it had ever seen to play and catch. While I was
trying to land my drone and trying to stop the dog leaping a meter up to catch
it – yep crashed my drone again – fortunately “eagle eyes” Linda found the bit
that broke off and with a bit of glue its seems to be its usual buzzing self.
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| A sad man and his book |
This last photo is taken as we crossed the Murray River for
the last time this trip – I had brought a book called “Camping and Caravaning
the Murray” which now will be sadly retired to the bookshelf.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our month camping on the Murray –
it’s a journey well worth doing if you want to soak up some of the quintessence
of Australia’s longest river.
A short video can be found at THIS LINK
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