Day 21 (80)

39 Km Walker Flat to Swan Reach SA

Overcast, high of 26 and windy with gusts up to 62km/hr ☁️💨

Home for night
Tenbury Hunter Reserve ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Free camp by the river
Toilet, bins
Shade, flattish sites
24/7 ferry crossing
Optus reception

🚴🏻🚶🏼‍♀️9km bike and hike adventure to Punyelroo Cave

Our road trip along Australia’s greatest waterway and through the Murray River International Dark Sky Reserve continues 😊

Our journey from Walker Flat was a little more eventful than we had anticipated, first we missed our turn, then the road turned to gravel and became unexpectedly bumpy and dusty- cue a quick stop to switch on the carafan 🙏🏻
On arrival our planned overnight stop was already a little busy with long term campers but we did find ourselves a spot. With the high winds we positioned ourselves away from trees and the river bank, not the most amazing view but it did give us some shelter 😊

Once set up we took ourselves off to explore by bike 🚴🏻🚴🏻‍♀️. On the ferry over the river⛴️ then following it along the cliff tops, the tallest along the entire Murray, in search for the Punyelroo Cave.
It was an adventure that took us well out of our comfort zone.
In high winds we walked along the cliff and scrambled down the rock face to the rivers edge, continuing
through scrub, over rocks and fallen trees until we found the cave entrance. It would have been much easier to reach by boat 😜🧗🏼‍♀️

👍🏻 Another Murray River ferry crossing by bike ⛴️🚴🏻
👍🏻 Punyelroo Cave adventure 🧗🏼‍♀️, a little scary but great 😜
👍🏻 Well earned cool drink at the lovely Swan Reach Hotel 🍻
👍🏻 Thanks to Gloria’s recommendation (long term camper) our camp had a little shelter from the relentless wind

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