Koondrook to Gunbower = 49km
Cummulative total = 588km
There was no signal at Gunbower so I have done this blog from Moama.
It was a nice day to cycle, cloudy (but no rain) and warm (but not hot!). It was flat with relatively weak winds from the North east.
It was a quiet road to Cohuna, the road runs parallel with the Murray valley highway. It was flat all the way covering mainly farmlands with green fields! Which meant dairy country ... which meant ... FLIES! You really didn't notice them until Leitchville.
We made good time to Cohuna and before entering the town we saw this street name!
I will endeavour to photo all streets that have the O'Briens or Jones name ... I wonder how many we will come across? I think there will be more of the Jones compared to the O'Briens!
Cohuna was quite a big town where we decided to pick up food here as we know that Gunbower is a small town (popn of 293)
We stopped off at the park which despite the so called water restrictions (stage 1!) they still have a water feature.
Also in this park is this statue of this fish
We are not quite sure of the relevance of this fish in this region, it is not a native Murray Cod so it must be a Perch which is really a pest in the waterways unless it is some other fish that we are not aware of!
Speaking of water there is alot of green (and I mean green) fields around here and heaps of canals full of water. We often wondered just how they got the fields so green with no obvious sprinkler system ... well we stopped at Leitchville and neil came across this field being watered.
basically the canals are filled and the fields are electronically graded so there is an ever so slight slope that really we can't see but when it is watered it is obvious that it has to have a gentle slope. A small paddle in the canal pushes the water onto the field and floods it (just like what would happen if the Murray was let to flow naturally and not dammed up). So the part of the field that is closest to the paddle get absolutely saturated while the part of the field furtherest away gets the bare minimum. I have to admit is is rather archaic but I can see that it works but I can also see that there is alot of wastage as not only is the field flooded but sometimes the area between the field and road is sometimes flooded.
Here we are taking a quick break at Leitchville. From here it is a short ride to the Highway and onto Gunbower.
The campground was small but quiet and the town is really tiny, so I am surprised that there is a campground here!
Speaking of water there is alot of green (and I mean green) fields around here and heaps of canals full of water. We often wondered just how they got the fields so green with no obvious sprinkler system ... well we stopped at Leitchville and neil came across this field being watered.
basically the canals are filled and the fields are electronically graded so there is an ever so slight slope that really we can't see but when it is watered it is obvious that it has to have a gentle slope. A small paddle in the canal pushes the water onto the field and floods it (just like what would happen if the Murray was let to flow naturally and not dammed up). So the part of the field that is closest to the paddle get absolutely saturated while the part of the field furtherest away gets the bare minimum. I have to admit is is rather archaic but I can see that it works but I can also see that there is alot of wastage as not only is the field flooded but sometimes the area between the field and road is sometimes flooded.
Here we are taking a quick break at Leitchville. From here it is a short ride to the Highway and onto Gunbower.
The campground was small but quiet and the town is really tiny, so I am surprised that there is a campground here!
We are off to Echuca tomorrow.
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