What a top spot was Gadds Bend Reserve on the Upper Murray River. We spent the rest of the morning following the Great River Road along through lush green valleys with a short stop at Mt Alfred to admire the incredible view and the huge Eagle sculpture.

The Great River Road is a spectacular drive and we enjoyed it very much although we did have to watch out for large potholes on the edge of the road. Most of the road was in pretty good shape though. The road does wind in and out along the meandering Murray River.

We began our journey along the Great River Road at Towong and followed to its conclusion at Bethanga Bridge. Bethanga Bridge was part of the Hume Dam Project and was first opened in 1930. It was a joint venture between Victoria and New South Wales. The bridge is a 752 metre long road bridge with nine arches and is 37 metres above the riverbed. It was upgraded in 1961 and is now a Heritage Listed Landmark.

Once across the bridge we were back in NSW for a short time. I was able to snap a pic of the dam wall of Hume Dam as we crossed the bridge below back into Victoria. You could see water flowing into the river from the bottom of the wall.

Our journey then bypassed Wodonga and we made up a bit of time by traveling on the M31 (Hume Highway) until we turned off at Benalla. Benalla is a lovely town full of interesting street murals. I’ve written about those in previous blogs. We pulled into the RV free camp down behind the Benalla Library and found a lovely grassy patch to stop for a lunch break. There were 5 campers already set up in the RV Camp.

After lunch we continued on southwards through Swanpool and crossed Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon.

We continued on via Merton and upon arriving in Yarck we found our way to the Yarck Recreation Reserve. It is a large grass area with lots of room for all sorts of RV’s. There is a toilet block, children’s playground and a shed with a BBQ. We don’t need those so we found a good spot right down the back next to an enormous Oak tree. Previous campers had set up a fire pit using rocks so we made use of that.

We spent a very pleasant evening around a little fire and, before retiring, we packed our chairs and table away. We were so glad we did as it rained during the night and we both love the sound that makes on our roof when we are warm and snug inside.

We counted 13 camps set up in the little Rec ground. Mostly caravans, a couple of motorhomes, one car and tent and a very unusual caravan/houseboat.