Week 460 - Kyffen Reserve, New South Wales

Last week we were camped at Jugiong awaiting the New Year. But arrival of the new year turned out to be a bit of a fizzer. The scheduled fireworks didn't arrive, so 2018 snuck in through the back door.

New Year's Day we packed up and headed South West to Holbrook to visit John, Pam, Dave and Henry. It was exactly one year ago that we house sat here in remote Holbrook and unfortunately the township and the RSC have not progressed, in fact the RSC have taken a step backwards in the food department. However, I was compensated by a few pints of Furphy's, a Victorian brewed beer with lots of body and lots of taste.

Our journey continued to Howlong, to a fantastic dump point. Now what can be good about a dump point? This one had plenty of room for us to maneouvre and our black hose could reach without a problem. After emptying the black, we could flush out our black and grey tanks with fresh water - a chore we haven't been able to do for some time.

Deadwood 

Standard Railway Bridge -The design of these 
bridges must have been quite successful as several 
of the bridges are quite the same

So with all tanks empty and sparkling clean, we continued west to Kyffen Reserve, 32 kms west of Corowa, to Lake Mulwala.

Please observe the sign - The fishermen 
in Tocumwal were very confused and 
so is the council 

Lake Mulwala is a man made lake off the Murray River and obviously flooded a forest of gums, so at sunset it is quite spectacular.

Skippies - An early morning walk with Rusti 
drew the attention of the kangaroos 

White clouds, White corellas 

Town Beach was absolutely packed over the 
Christmas and New Year period, but we arrived 
just as everyone was packing up to go home 
and we had the place to ourselves 

I was born in the Medway Towns (Rochester/Chatham).
However the oldest building in Rochester was built in
1106, this one was probably the turn of the 19th Century 

Scenic Tocumwal

We are now well and truely away from the cities and suburbia and the tranquility of the lake is a great reminder of the beauty of this country.