Day 3 & 4 - Holidays

Day 3 - We went to see the bush ranger Ben Hall's grave site at Forbes. We wanted to see the underground tunnels that the banks used to move gold to stop thefts, but unfortunately the Albion Hotel had burnt down in February. From there we went to Neranderra where we saw a Tiger Moth plane and the Royal Doulton porcelain fountain. Next was Jerilderie to see all the Ned Kelly sites and the giant windmill "Steel Wings". It's interesting to see all the paddocks with huge bales of hay. We crossed the the Murray river and the border into VIC - which was very exciting for me as I have never been into VIC! We set up camp on the river at Echuca - there was a big ski festival on so we sat by the river and watched all the boats & skiers.

Day 4 - Walked around High Street at Echuca and looked at all the historical buildings and sites. We visited lolly, chocolate and fudge shops - yummy! Due to Melbourne Cup day some of the shops and river cruises where closed - we nearly decided to go to Albury on our way back so we could go on the paddle steamers, but found a boat that was doing cruises - woo hoo! We went for an hour long cruise up the Murray River on the P.S. Emmy-Lou. We went to Bendigo and got on a Talking Tram ride that took us around the city pointing out historical buildings and sites - fantastic! We got off at one of the stops and walked for a few blocks- taking pics of the buildings. The paddle steamer ride and tram were two of the main things I wanted to do on our trip - so doing them both on the same day was fantastic! We set up camp at Avoca. We had gone from hot days of 38 degrees to a cold night of 9 degrees, which was a shock to the system! LOL We warmed up by the fireplace in the camp kitchen. We were so busy sightseeing, that we didn't get time to place a bet or hear / see the race - so didn't find out who won the Melbourne Cup till that night.