Awesome Albury & Great Gundagai

Albury - 13th - 17th April
Albury was a real surprise package. We didn't really know too much about it other than it being on the NSW side of the Murray.

The caravan park was tiny to say the least with only 10 powered sites (& about a dozen cabins). Our site was lovely with a huge amount of lush green grass outside our door. The weather was  beautiful & sunny the whole time we were there.
The caravan park manager was a wealth of information on things to do. The Hume Dam was pretty impressive that, when full holds 5 times more than Sydney Harbour. It was less than half full when we were there.

We spent a couple of days doing not much which was nice. Had our flu jabs at the local chemist which was one of those things we were wondering how would work. The staff were lovely & luckily neither of us suffered any after effects other than a dead arm for a couple of days.

I finished off  four Trauma Teddies & dropped them in to Albury Ambulance station. The Paramedic was very grateful to receive them as he said he handed out 10 the day before.

Other than that we just went to a few parks for some walks or to see the river. We both loved Albury & would definitely go back again.

On the way to Gundagai, when passing through the town of Holbrook, we nearly ran into a submarine .......what the? HMAS Otway is a full sized (90metres long) sub in the middle of the town. A very impressive sight, a long way from the coast.






Gundagai - 17th - 19th April

Our site at Gundagai was right on the river which is where we spent most of our two days there. Of course we went to see the Dog on the Tuckerbox which was a bit underwhelming. Not that I know what I was expecting. There was a massive souvenir shop / cafe. That sold anything & everything with a dog on it.


Gundagai's landscape is dominated by 2 huge wooden dilapidated bridges. They were built because the town is on a huge flood plain.The Prince Alfred Bridge was built in 1866 & was replaced in 1976 by a concrete bridge. The other bridge was a railway bridge built in 1902. Our campsite was only about 100 metres from the railway bridge. Gary loves bridges & a good truss & these 2 bridges were a maze of trusses so Gary had plenty to entertain him.

Next stop, Canberra ............