Day 17: Tuesday 4/12
Mildura - Rest Day
River markers: 882 km from the sea.
Distance travelled today: 0 km.
Total distance travelled: 830 km
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| A restful day: beginning with breakfast on a balcony with a real table and chair. Great to see Ruth once again. |
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| Time the title of this expedition was written on the boat. |
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| And my name :). |
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| Mildura's hot mediterranean climate is reflected in its choice of street trees. |
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| Enjoying normal clothes and a day in town. |
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| Catching up on history: the Chaffey Trail. |
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| ...and some of the more unusual stories. Mildura - someone dropped £1,600 if gold, silver and bronze taken to Midura to open a new bank in the river. Oops. |
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| Mildura: the saloon of the Ellen in 1890. Most journeys in comfort to the new irrigation properties of Mildura included at least one segment by Paddlesteamer. |
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| Mildura: isolation and little income ment resourcefulness was necessity. Old ideas find new footings. This is a 'torkel', a wine press used by the farmers along Lake Constance on the Swiss-German border area of Hagnau. The originals were made of oak trees. |
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| Mildura: first bank. |
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| Mildura: Gol Gol Annual Picnic Sports, Boxing Day 1912. Creative water craft. |
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| Mildura: how to get to the irrigation colonies in the 1880's. |
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| Day 17: Mildura: more creative watercraft. A hand driven paddle boat. |
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| Mildura: Ruth and I at Trentham Winery celebrating half way. |
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| Mildura: Trentham Estate Winery. http://www.trenthamestate.com.au/ |
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| Locals: Apex bend caravan park, Mildura. |
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| Lovely end to a restful day. |
More from this expedition:
- Google+ Murray River Paddle Echuca To The Sea Photo Album
- Facebook Murray River Paddle
- YouTube Murray River Paddle
More information about topics from this page:
- Visit Victoria: Mildura
- Wikipedia: Mildura
- Discover the Murray: Loch 11 and the Chaffey Trail, Murray River Lochs, Dams and Barrages
- Goulburn Murray Water: Loch 11
- Environment Victoria: The Living Murray
- Trentham Estate Winery
- Geology: Murray Valley Geography (A geological timeline of the development of the Murray).
- Victorian Geology: Tectonic Framework of the Lower Murray. (from Red Cliffs).
- ABC Mildura swan Hill: News and Community Events
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