Griffith area

Our stay at Lake Wyangan was very pleasant and we were able to attend the Anzac Day service in Griffith which was very nice and very well attended. The sun actually shone - but I think that’s the last time we saw the sun. Just as well we are now on a powered site. 

From the Anzac service we enjoyed lunch at the Victoria Hotel which was a nice spoil for a change. Our day was then spent looking at all the caravan parks and camping spots in the area and we found a beauty! It’s on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River by the weir at Gogeldrie. We are able to set up facing each other, can have our campfire and have clean and tidy facilities at our disposal. Best of all there’s only 2 other camps here so we virtually have the place to ourselves. The caretaker is so friendly and obliging - she even bought us across homemade scones, jam and cream for afternoon tea! 

We took the scenic route to here and called into Darlington Point for a lovely coffee - pity we are in our vans and couldn’t buy any of the homewares on sale! Along the dirt River Road track we were able to stop and cut some more wood to replenish our supplies. 

We also saw ‘Dennis’ the fire truck - a very fitting name we thought! 

                                                                                

We survived the rain yesterday and wonder if we’ll stay here another night until the forecast is clear.

We toured around Leeton and spent a few dollars there and today spent some more dollars at Griffith - mainly at camping shops! We enjoyed our delicious pies - heated in the little buddy oven - at the lookout by the Hermits Cave. This hermit, Valeri Ricetti, lived here for 30 odd years and created a garden, a chapel, a living area and even water cisterns, stone walling, steps and paths that are still evident today. His outlook over the town is quite spectacular, but of course many of the houses visible today wouldn’t have been there in his time.

Dennis & Darryl are now trying out some of their new gear and we anticipate a cod dinner coming up😜.

It’s been a lovely restful stay here and we’d highly recommend this park - especially to fisher people and those loving a quiet peaceful place. We’ve yet to decide our next plans so stay tuned. It looks like once we get through tomorrow, the rain could be gone and we’ll be hoping some outback roads are opened up again. We trust all our readers are well. Love from the travellers. ❌❌