Day 553 – 565 15/11 – 27/11 Echuca

Spent a few days in Echuca. Depending on who you believe there were once 76 pubs & 40 brothels in town. Now there are only 9 pubs & an unknown number of brothels.

Some of the Paddleboats

PS Arthur Reuben

PS Alexander Arbuthnott Built 1916 Koondrook

PS Adelaide Built 1866 Echuca

PS Britannia Built 2003 Echuca

PS Emmylou Built 1980 Echuca

PS Pevensey Built 1911 Moama

PS Billy T Built 2003 Canberra

PS Pride of the Murray Built 1973 Moama

Dinner with the girl for her birthday at the Mill. It was a Flour mill built in 1881. Now a very nice restaurant.

Old Flour Mill – Echuca Built 1881

The churches are Gothic & grand.

Christ Church Anglican – Echuca Built 1864

St Marys Catholic – Echuca Built 1890

Echuca Uniting – Echuca Built 1901

This was a Wesleyan Church built in 1869. It has been converted to a wonderful house. It’s up for auction if you are interested.

We have spent the last week houseboating on the Murray River on Indulgence with this motley crew.

Weather was OK with only a couple of cold, rainy days. It was serendipity that these were the days we were stuck on a mudbank. With these Captains what do you expect 🙂

The girls just kept partying. No major tsuris.

Sunset on the Murray.

Emmylou had a go at pulling us off but didn’t succeed. We finally got off with some help from some friendly locals.

Random shots.

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Billy was onboard with us for the whole week & was better behaved than most of the humans.

We spent our last day at Echuca getting a ride with a real Captain on the PS Pevensey.

Also had enough time to have a look at the Holden Museum.

New set of boots on the truck. Got nearly 60,000 kms out of the old ones.

Next stop – Tassie.

Quote of the Day

“There’s no “i” in team, but there is definitly one in “wine”.”

Anon