Day 24 Burra to Barmera (88 miles)

A magnificent downhill from Burra in the most beautiful scenery. Lovely  roads and little traffic. Perfect! Lunch stop by the river at Morgan. Idyllic. Then it started to go a bit wrong!!!!!We were aiming for a campsite that didn’t exist then we found a hotel BUT they stopped doing accommodation 25 years ago! Damn! Too late!!! The cyclist was worn out by then so he and bike took a ride to Barmera  (he owes the ride 20 km!!!) We are in a magnificent spot right by Lake Bonney. We’ve just been for a swim in the lake and if was lovely and no risk of sharks! It’s been a good day afterall!

Just before the Murray river area we came to a big sign and a bin. Any fruit or veg without an itemised till receipt had to be eaten or binned! We managed 2 oranges each but had to bin a lemon, an avocado , five oranges  and 2 apples!!  There was no checkpoint but the sign said they do random checks and the fines are high!

We came to our first vineyards today also! Many more to follow!

 This morning’s beautiful scenery

Burra

Lake Bonney
 The Murray river at Morgan


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