Conargo, Rochester & Geelong - 12th to 15th December

After an uneventful drive down the Newell Highway we arrived at Conargo, only 34 km short of Deniliquin. There are two free camps in the very small town of Conargo, (pop 20). Camps 5 states that one of these camps has free hot showers, well, sorry, but that is not the case now. The shower block is still there but in a very sad state and not usable. The Recreation Reserve has built new facilities that are locked and allowed the old amenities to fall into disrepair. However, the toilets are in good condition and the camp is immediately across the highway from the Pub. The Conargo Pub serves an excellent cold ale! I can vouch for that. We camped at the other free camp, "Bills Park", this is only about 100 m from the Pub. This reserve, named after two elder locals, both named Bill, is also home to the Rural Fire Brigade and has a new toilet block.

As the sign states, this is The Conargo Hotel.

The only other business in town.

Lush green grass surrounding the Recreation Reserve.

A log barn in Conargo.

This is a section of "Bills Park", the Rural Fire Brigade and the toilets are to the right of this photograph.

Next morning we pulled up pegs and travelled further south, stopping at Echuca for lunch and then later setting up camp at Rochester CP. We lived in Rochester for 7 years over the late 70's and early 80's. We stayed two nights in Rochester and caught up with several friends from the past that we still keep in touch with.

The following day it was up camp and begin the final leg of our journey south to Geelong. Home for us for the 20+ years up until 2005, the year we moved to Hervey Bay. We are enjoying our visit with family and friends here over Christmas and the New Year holidays. On a date yet to be determined we will begin our northward travel back home to Hervey Bay. We need to reach there by Jan 14th at the latest as we have an important function to attend and Judy will want to do some shopping beforehand.

Judy and Noel would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year. We hope to catch up with you all during 2010.

Our next posting will be sometime in the New Year, after we leave Geelong.