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| Gunbower Island |
Five minutes after leaving our woodland campsite we found some stunning places by the Murray River where we could have camped. Gunbower Island is a massive area of marshes and waterways, and we drove through the forest on rough 4WD tracks, often following the Murray River. It was more like a mystery tour as we didn’t have a detailed map of the area, and ended up about 20 Km north of where we thought we were!
We drove to Echuca and visited the historical port area. Echuca and Moama were founded by two ex-convicts in 1845 and 1851, and by the 1890s Echuca was Australia’s largest inland port. A few shark attacks have been reported recently and in a camping shop we overheard a conversation between the owner and a couple of customers discussing the merits of being attacked by a shark or a crocodile. The script could have come straight out of a Crocodile Dundee movie.
WILDLIFE: Kangaroos, rabbits, green parrot, cormorant, heron, crested pigeon, sulpher crested cockatoo
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