We had plans to go into Victoria and check out the snowy mountains area on that side of the border however as the temps had started to drop we decided to leave the mountains for the summer and start heading west into South Australia and eventually north for warmer temps.
I was a little disappointed as I would not see my two brothers and their families who live in Melbourne but fortunately one of them was going to be near our route due to him staying at his wife’s families farm near Wagga Wagga. They had lots of room in their backyard for the camper trailer so off we went!
We had some amazing campfire meals cooked by Tim and Brendon and didn’t do much other than sit around the fire and catch up and it was lovely to see him after nearly 2 years of us being separated due to COVID border closures ect.
We then carried on with the trip with the vague destination of Broken Hill as our cross over point from NSW to South Australia but that was hours away so first stop was a little town called Narrendera and a free camp along the Bundidgerry Creek .
We were a little sceptical as to how good this was going to be considering it was school holidays and it was going to be the Easter long weekend. But when we arrived on the Thursday there were only a few campers and the prime spot down the end of the road was vacant. So we set up and sat back around the fire admiring the beautiful view on the water where it was so still the trees were a perfect mirror image on the water. Bliss!
Good Friday arrived along with the rest of the campers, which included some pretty big groups but due to the spots near us being really narrow we didn’t get any neighbours so we had an absolutely tranquil few days camping. We also discovered that Narrendera had an annual hot rod show on over Easter so we spent one morning walking around town and admiring all the vintage cars driving around. The town was abuzz with people and walking around we noted some really amazing heritage buildings. We think it is because the town lies on the Junction of two highways and is along the Murrumbidgee River so back in the day must have been a really prosperous town. We decided to head along to the official car show which was on the Sunday and were blown away by how many cars there were!
We also managed to play 9 holes and were thoroughly impressed with the course. Beautiful greens with the fairways lined by pine trees. Walking around we couldn’t get over how green the fairways were considering the rough was pretty much sand. We ran into one of the locals and told us that the course is all run by volunteers and they managed to get a grant a few years back for the underground watering system which solved our conundrum as to how they managed to water so much for such a little country town course.
We absolutely loved our few days camped along the Bundidgerry Creek and are so glad we are back out exploring again! It did help that we had beautiful sunny days and cool but not cold nights. We even got up one morning and watched the sunrise with fog swirling over the creek and the colours of the sunsets were spectacular. It might sound stupid but when you are out in nature witnessing it’s everyday beauty in all its splendour it seems to sooth the soul. S
