Travels: Clare- Echuca

Martindale Hall

10-13/10/11

Today we left Flinders Ranges and went to Clare, We stayed for 3 nights. We went to Martindale Hall, it was an old mansion built in 1879 for a 21-year-old sheep farmer called Edmund Bowman Junior. It was in a movie called 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. We went to Burra, and looked at an old copper mine and there was lots of old buildings, it was really cool.

13-16/10/11

We left Clare and went to the Barossa Valley for 3 nights. We walked around town and stopped at german restaurant, I tried sauerkraut but I didn't really like it. We went to a winery and learnt how barrels were made, it was cool. We also went to a little German town called Hahndorf, it was really cool. For lunch we had a German platter with different kinds of sausages and pork chops and roast lamb and big pretzels, yum!

We went to a motor museum full of old cars and motorbikes, it was interesting.

16/10/11

We left the Barossa Valley and went to Waikerie to see dads aunty and uncle.

17-24/10/11
After Waikerie, we went to Mildura. We stayed for a week, the caravan park was really nice, right on the Murray River. We went finishing a few times, I caught 7 carps, but one of my little sisters caught 11!! We went to hot rod show, it was really cool.

24-25/10/11

We left Mildura and went to Swan Hill and went to an old place called Pioneer Settlement. We walked around the old town and went on a horse and carriage, and an old car, it was cool. My sisters and I got a photo of us in old clothes.

25-27/10/11

After Swan Hill we went to Echuca. we went on an old Paddle steamer called Pevensy, it was used in a movie and an old tv series. We walked around the town and to the lolly shop! Then we went to a place called The Aussie Beer Shed, it was really cool! When we got there the guy was really friendly and gave a free drinks each!! He then took us on a tour around the place, There over 30,000 empty beer cans!!