This is the river that runs through Paradise, the once mighty Murrumbidgee. You might have heard about it?And this is Patrick, emerging from his daily bath in the river. He looks sad, but is only looking “down” because the rocks under his feet are rather slipperyWalking on water is Peter, looking for his lost fishing lureThen there’s Peter number 2, who waded across the river to rescue his favourite lureHowever, Peter number 2 is the number 1 fishermanAnd here’s the evidenceA beautiful rainbow trout, which Peter successfully returned to the river after the obligatory photo shootThere were some other fisherman in the camp. This is Norm and GordonNorm again, this time with Martin, but not a lot of catching of fish happening hereThis is where we lived, in the Jayco Hilton, with a front row seat to nature’s passing paradeSpeaking of the passing parade, this river runs for over 1600 kilometersIt’s beautiful at sunriseand sublime under Easter’s full moonThinking about it more, this part of the river is spectacular at any time of daydespite it’s rather low water levelnot to mention the rainbow coloured rocks. Well, maybe they’re not rainbow coloured, but heck, have you seen such matching colours in two rocks that live a meter apart?And look at these white tree branches sprouting brownish-yellow green leaves, against the bluest of skiesIf you want to put your life into perspective, paradise is not a bad place to do itMaggie and I have been visiting this paradise together for seven out of the last eight years and this is the dryest we have seen itIs this the dryest “One Tree Hill” you’ve ever seen?What do the sheep have to feed on. Not much at the momentRed dust everywhere. Cattle is also run on this propertyBeautiful, despite the dryEven the thistles are finding it hard goingParadise has other stories to tell. This one is about the long-beaked bird that was transformed into a tree, but keeps on trying to fly awayAnother story is about the tree that turned into a water dragon, grew a Rhino’s horn, was petrified to be seen in public and so remains in the same place foreverDry as a bone – these could be the bones of a dinosaur, if they weren’t the bones of old trees.Here are some of the friends who shared the experience with us. Sorry I didn’t get a photo of everyone during our Holiday in Paradise 2018. There were 22 of us in total.
You can also see our Holiday in Paradise (2017) by returning to the main page of this blog. It was a lot greener then.
Thanks Daryl, It is a nice place to fish and rest. Although I’ve not caught any fish there. I believe there was some rain after since we were there, but probably not enough yet.
Daryl
Posted at 17:56h, 03 MayHi Alistair
Nice fishing photos.
It does look very dry so hope the recent rains will help the river and the country side
alistairstravel
Posted at 15:38h, 08 MayThanks Daryl, It is a nice place to fish and rest. Although I’ve not caught any fish there. I believe there was some rain after since we were there, but probably not enough yet.