Last weekend we spent a couple of days in Echuca. Echuca is a port town on the Murray river which is the longest river in Australia (2,375 km) starting in the Australian Alps and entering the ocean in South Australia. It forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Echuca is only a couple of hours drive north of Melbourne and is an old port town from the mid 1800's. It has a large paddle steamer fleet housed there on the river. This is quite amazing since the river itself is quite narrow and is a dirty brown color (reminiscent of the Mississippi). It is a fun albeit touristy town with the historic port area restored, antique shops, wineries, an aray of pubs and cafe's, great fish & chips and a great hi end restuarant. In the end it turned out to be a bit more that just ticking another thing off the list.
The Bridgt Hotel
The American Hotel has a great rooftop bar where we spent a wonderful afternoon drinking local beer
Of course a great fish & chips shop. I've taken on a quest to find the best.
We had a Mothers day lunch onboard the PS Emmylou as we went up the river. The food was actually great.
A floc of 100's of parrot's (Corellas)
No idea the story behind this but it was pretty wild.
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