Day 22: Deniliquin to Kilmore
I left Deniliquin and its utes, and headed towards Tocumwal. At this point the river had a strong current compared with the very sluggish flow further downstream in South Australia - presumably a combined result of irrigation draining the river and the weirs slowing down the flow.
Anyway Tocumwal seemed a green and pleasant town with a nice bridge, so I took a photo and headed across into Victoria.
Around the corner to Cobram, which has an old bridge (restored for foot traffic although feet were absent when I looked) ...
... and a new bridge with swanky lighting. I drove across this bridge (didn't want to encounter any wandering feet on the other bridge) ...
... and headed to the Yarrawonga Weir. Again a single lane across the weir. I approached it from the NSW side. Apparently this route will close to traffic in 2020.
Then drove around trying to find a place to get a photo of the weir. I took a wrong turn and ended up in a seething mass of humanity - the Yarrawonga Caravan Park. Wall to wall toddlers and children across the road. Very awkward. So I took a photo and left, after some time waiting for little people.
In a tribute to good ole Aussie state politics, the other road across the lake was started by both NSW and Victoria using different engineers and different plans. There is a dip and a bend in the middle of the bridge to join the two half-bridges. (Sounds like the ongoing rail gauge mess). This is from the Victorian end. More here (first para under "Features") : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mulwala
The lake is interesting in parts ...
But is mostly just dead trees ...
So onwards through NSW to Corowa and the John Foord Bridge ...
... another single lane affair (must be frustrating during holiday seasons!)
Then off road again to get a photo of the Federation Bridge at the other end of town ...
The vegetation was interesting ...
... and so was the leaning arch of Corowa. Maybe the wind was strong that day. Or perhaps it is a subtle reference to the great laconic Australian leaning too hard on the bar.
Anyway, onwards to Howlong where I had only one opportunity to get a photo of the John Conway Bourke Bridge (if you look closely you will notice that the Bourke has been obscured by the martyrdom of a rather gelatinous bug.
Then up the freeway to Wodonga and over the "new" Spirit of Progress Bridge ...
... and a quick photo of the old Lincoln Causeway / Union Bridge from Oddies Creek Park in Albury ...
... and then I noticed the cloud building up quite quickly ...
... so I hightailed it down the freeway to Kilmore.
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