Day 19 (78)

28 Km Murray Bridge to Mannum SA
Blue skies, sunny with a high of 26☀️

Home for night
Haythorpe Reserve ⭐️ - as a result of the persistent road noise

Free camp with direct river access
Bins available (currently overflowing and lots of dumped camping equipment around- what is wrong with people 😳)
No other facilities, toilets available further along at Bolto Reserve ($10 p/n to stay there)
Shade, flatish sites
24/7 Ferry crossing (x2) across to Mannum
Next to a road which can be busy with ferry traffic, quietish overnight but starts up again approx 5.30 am
Optus reception

🚴🏻 6km bike ride, incorporating a ferry crossing 🚢

Our road trip along Australia’s greatest waterway, the Murray River continues 😊

We’ve loved our stay in Murray Bridge but it’s time to say farewell to it and Bertha the Bunyip and head further up the Murray.
Not too far just 28 km to Mannum.

On arrival we jumped on our bikes and took the ferry across to explore the town and further along the river 🚴🏻⛴️

We always pop into the tourist information which is usually really helpful, but this time we were advised “there’s not much going on on here”
And then we were abused by locals at the bowling club when we took a wrong turn 🤬

Not feeling any love from this town, which is new for us 🤷🏼‍♀️

👍🏻 Awesome haircut and chat with Brodie at The Blade by Brodie, Murray Bridge ✂️🍧🪒
👍🏻 Another ferry crossing, this time by bike 🚴🏻⛴️
👍🏻 Visits from mummy ducks 🦆and their waddle of tiny ducklings 🐥
👍🏻 Drinks on the river at the Pretoria Hotel, Mannum
👍🏻 Relaxed evening at camp by the river 📖 🎣

👎🏻 Tried to score a cheap Tuesday Riverboat lunch cruise in Murray Bridge, but all sold out 😢
👎🏻 Less than welcoming welcome from Mannum 🙅🏼‍♀️
👎🏻 Officially the noisiest camp site we’ve stayed at ever (from traffic 🚗🚙) 😳Read more