WE'RE OFF AGAIN
The weather is very cold in Melbourne and it's a good time to head north to warmer weather.
Our first port of call is Rochester where we have caught up with Ray's sister Lindy.
Ray and his brother had been up to Rochester earlier in the year to help with cleaning up after the recent floods. Graham and Lindy had quite extensive damage and we were interested to see how they were faring. Many of the locals are still not out of the woods yet. Lots of water damage, and now mildew is becoming an issue. The red tape of getting things fixed is still a problem for lots of people. Many properties around Kerang are still under water and it seems they will never recover. The Murray Valley Highway still has flood damage and we had to make a detour.
After a nice afternoon with Lindy and tea at the local pub, we proceeded the next day onto Wentworth, one of our old Murray River stops. It was good to see that there was not too much flood damage here, considering it is the meeting of the two rivers (the Murray and the Darling).
It was very cold and windy so we have continued north to Broken Hill.
A long flat drive but there are already some wild flowers out along the way, lots of purple and yellow.
** The above photo is Sunset from Broken Hill.
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