Wagga to Corowa Oct 29th
We headed down the Olympic highway through The Rock, Henty
and Culcairn for lunch and arrived at historic Corowa on the banks of the
Murray mid afternoon. A pretty little town with great claims of being at the
heart of the forming of the Federation of Australia. Many buildings in main
street proudly display their year of establishment.
Of course, with the NAB running the most professional
foreign currency desk and dealing room in Australia, we had to visit the local Corowa NAB to
transact some cross currency swaps. Once
we mentioned Andrew, Scott and Amanda’s names, all went smoothly and priced
very tightly. The Nab seem to have a strong presence down here in the Riverina.
We stayed at the Corowa caravan park. Lovely bush
surroundings by the Murray. However, there were all these permanent weekender
cabins and absolutely no one was there. We had the whole caravan park to ourselves. Georgia was spooked
by this but I told her, this is fantastic, we have the whole place to ourselves,
enjoy the serenity while it lasts. Apparently the park will be totally full for
the Melbourne Cup long weekend.
The solitude did not dampen my bowling capabilities as in
the twilight I bowled Andrew Burton around his legs with a vicious leg spinner
that completely bamboozled him, as the mighty Murray watched on in awe. Andrew
acknowledged this by throwing his bat into the Murray. A quickly convened
judiciary hearing fined Andrew his dessert after dinner.
The next morning we went on a self- guided Federation tour
of the town. We found the Corowa courthouse where popularly elected delegates
by the people from each territory was first proposed. They would convene to
form what would ultimately become the Federation of Australian.
We are learning that people in the caravan parks or whom you
meet while walking etc want to talk to you and share stories.
Next stop Deniliquin.
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