Lazy Tuesday...

We set the yabby pots but we only caught little prawny things, not worth cooking.

Also, a good haul of what we think are carp - 20 in one pot! These are not for eating.

We headed into Mannum at noon and had lunch at the Pretoria Hotel. A nice meal of King George Whiting (grilled for me and crumbed for himself). A good salad bar and an outdoor area overlooking the Murray. Then we hit up the Foodland for more supplies, the butcher and the bakery. The candlestick maker was shut, lol!

Then it was back to sit and watch the river go by. Lots of bird life, chirping away.

We had nice loin lamb chops (you could tell it was from a country butcher and not prepackaged in the city...

...parmesan crusted potato wedges...

...with a little salad. Tried a new dressing Orange & Honey with Dijon mustard, very nice!

More sitting by the pig with a few red wines, then off to bed! We move on tomorrow, further up the river.

Cheers - Joolz xx

Easter Monday by the Murray River...

We left the girls at midday, went and did a quick shop for groceries then headed for the riverland.
We had lunch at Talunga Estate in Gumeracha. A very ordinary ploughman's platter, poor wait service and generally a let down because the setting was so nice.

We got seated then it was a good 20 minutes before they got our drinks order then a further 15 minutes before they eventually arrived. We ordered the platter and were told that they had run out of pork pies that are usually on it. They said they'd add extra cheese and ham. The platter finally came with 4 tiny slices of bread, not crusty, four thin skices of ham, the prepackaged kind and a whole pickle onion cut into quarters. Four slices of gouda, a small chunk of cheddar and a piece of blue cheese, a teaspoon of HP sauce and very hot, take your breath away English mustard and a little pot of lettuce leaves.

I will admit, it tasted okay but it was not worth $32.00!! To top it off, the bumbling waiter took our second drink order and that just never arrived so he gave us our first two drinks on the house. Wouldn't bother going again.

Anyway, we made our way to Walker Flat and found Hettner Landing which had riverside camp sites. We bought a bit of firewood at the store then set up camp.

Beer time!

Gus grilled chicken tender strips and I made a caeser salad for dinner.

The OzPig provided bush TV for a while then it was off to bed.

Cheers - Joolz