It's funny how in our travels we seem to get to areas where there seem to be lots of one thing - we've had - gorges ; rocks ; waterfalls ; lakes and now , it seems to be bridges !!
Another day another few bridges really , today’s drive will take us north to Murchison with several stops along the way . We will be following the Goulburn River to Nagambie Lakes and around to the Goulburn Weir .
First stop was Nagambie Regatta Centre , it’s part of the Nagambie Lakes - which stretches to cove ra large area . Beside the Regatta Centre is one of the largest caravan parks we’ve seen on all our travels , it stretches for over 1klm from the front gate - heavens knows how wide it is !!! but it is surrounded by the lakes . Today there were many rowing boats out on the water , with busloads of competitors at the sailing club as well as the regatta centre .
We had taken the paddling gear , but the wind and temperature kept us out of the water !!
Taking back roads has proved good for us , taking us to scenery not everyone gets to , it also allows us to stop & take photos without disrupting much traffic as well .
The next gem we found , was another old timber bridge over the Goulburn River just out of Nagambie .
They certainly knew how to build timber bridges back in the day , pity it costs too much to maintain them . Now they are just rotting away - this one is no exception - check out the piers at water level & above .
Back into Nagambie and onwards to Kirwans Bridge . This one has a height limit , a weight limit and a speed limit !! It’s a one lane curved bridge with 2 passing bays - something we’d not seen either - very amusing , we even got to use one of the passing bays when two cars came from the other side !!
The relevant authorities have reduced the bridge to one lane , and appear to be letting the unused side rot away .
Next stop was the Goulburn Weir . we approached from the western side , and found a gate and security fencing - it was open , and is locked at night . The weir is different to most, as it can control the water going down the Goulburn River and also water going into an irrigation canal on the western side of the weir .
There is an old brick and granite block control room building , and associated drive shafts & cogs and spiral drive axles - you could walk around all this , whereas on the river side it’s newer and fenced off .
Beautiful gum trees line the banks .
Onwards to Murchison , a nice little town with a pub , bakery , fish & chips & hamburgers , an old service station and garage , oh , and a bridge over the Goulburn River .
Beside the river is a well maintained park and playground , there’s also a couple of cows - full size statues anyway , here’s one .
Not sure exactly what the grapes and tomatoes stand for - probably something to do with the Italian heritage in this town .
After some lunch we headed back to Seymour and fuelled up - it’s a bit of a novelty after being in Northern Territory & WA , where you seem to be filling up every other day , or twice a day somedays , we filled up in Benalla a week ago !!!!
In Seymour there is a Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk . On display is a Huey helicopter , a tank , an armoured personel carrier ,and a 40mm Brofor anti aircraft gun . The commemorative wall is double sided glass panels and is curved - S shaped . It has the names of the vets that participated in Vietnam on each panel , and when you stand back you can see large photo’s from the war - very well thought out !! They’ve planted lot’s of trees & grasses & landscaped well .
Here’s a map link : - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YBTKl2EavQJzS8rHD-DydAlXFXc&usp=sharing
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