I want you all to appreciate that I am writing this blog under the most difficult conditions. I am sitting on the shores of Lake Hume overlooking this large lake surrounded by sort of green hills that are dotted with trees. The water level is a bit low right now so I am about fifty metres from the shore and there are dead trees protruding out of the water in several locations. The sky is Western Australian blue and the wind light, although it does gust up from time to time. In fact it is quite a beautiful setting. So you can imagine my difficulty.
When I got here about 11am there were three other campers then one left and I took his spot which is quite high above the water. Now there at least thirteen and they keep coming. It is called the Ludlow Reserve, has two boat ramps, toilets, lots of free space and is a 24hr site. But I phoned up and got permission to stay for 48hrs which I will not tell anyone else here, and start a rush. I will just pretend that I am taking a punt on getting away with it.
Just a bit of info, this lake is in the foothills near the Snowys and is formed by a dam called the Hume Dam. It is also I think at the source of the Murray River, although I am not 100% sure of that. I have just checked. with my friend Mr (or Mrs or Miz) Google and it appears that this is actually a dam across the Murray River near its source, but all the answers were rather vague about the actual source. What they said was that it starts with the confluence of several small rivers that originate in the Snowys.
As you can see by my arrival time here I got going fairly early today!!! taking off from the Wodonga Showgrounds getting some fuel and trying find a usable way to go to the lookout on top of Huon Hill. This is one hellva hill overlooking the city but the only road was unsealed and badly corrugated so I did not trust my van to make the climb comfortably and therefore chickened out. The ride out here is only about 20km hence my early arrival. I am eight days and about 550km from my planned arrival in Sydney, so with an extra day here it should be a leisurely trip.
When I got here about 11am there were three other campers then one left and I took his spot which is quite high above the water. Now there at least thirteen and they keep coming. It is called the Ludlow Reserve, has two boat ramps, toilets, lots of free space and is a 24hr site. But I phoned up and got permission to stay for 48hrs which I will not tell anyone else here, and start a rush. I will just pretend that I am taking a punt on getting away with it.
Just a bit of info, this lake is in the foothills near the Snowys and is formed by a dam called the Hume Dam. It is also I think at the source of the Murray River, although I am not 100% sure of that. I have just checked. with my friend Mr (or Mrs or Miz) Google and it appears that this is actually a dam across the Murray River near its source, but all the answers were rather vague about the actual source. What they said was that it starts with the confluence of several small rivers that originate in the Snowys.
As you can see by my arrival time here I got going fairly early today!!! taking off from the Wodonga Showgrounds getting some fuel and trying find a usable way to go to the lookout on top of Huon Hill. This is one hellva hill overlooking the city but the only road was unsealed and badly corrugated so I did not trust my van to make the climb comfortably and therefore chickened out. The ride out here is only about 20km hence my early arrival. I am eight days and about 550km from my planned arrival in Sydney, so with an extra day here it should be a leisurely trip.
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