Echuca is perhaps the prettiest of the old Murray River ports. Lots of restored river boats, a nicely done up heritage port area, and the usual great riverside scenery. We spent the penultimate night of our recent road trip here, having crossed northern Victoria dodging locust swarms.The following day we headed north into New South Wales again, dodged Ned Kelly in Jerilderie, stopped briefly for an Evonne Goolagong impersonation at Barellan, and chose for our final night's accommodation one of the pubs in the little town of Temora.
Temora isn't so well known, except to readers of the Sydney Morning Herald's Column 8. A year or two back it was pronounced by them the friendliest town in the state, and they even organised a bus tour of readers to go and experience the delights of the place.
We arrived just before sunset, and I rushed out into the street with my camera to take advantage of the last few minutes of photographers' Golden Hour. Would you believe some locals immediately came up to me and started friendly conversations, welcoming me to their town and telling me about the attractions? Others gave warm hellos, and I almost missed out on getting the pictures I was after!
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