The Riverlands!

At the National Park

Those little dark spots in the background are wild kangaroos at the National Park

The Big Orange- one of the many "big" things in Australia. See The Big Rocking Horse from an earlier post

The Murray River

Cliffs along the Murray River

The Murray River just after sunset

This weekend our excursion was to the Riverlands! Only this time, the in-laws were on board for the trip. Invasion of the in-laws! Okay, it really isn't an invasion, but a nice two week visit.

Early Saturday morning we picked up our car hire and were off on the open road to Renmark, South Australia. It was about a two hour drive from Adelaide. On on way there we stopped off in a small town call Waikerie drove our car on a fairy that took across the Murray River, but once on the other side there was nothing to do, so we came right back! Then we went on a short cliff top walk to check out the river. Next, on to Renmark.

In Renmark, we went on a two hour river boat ride down the Murray River. The Murray river is one of the longest rivers in the world by the way! It was cold! We started up on the top deck, but ended up having to come downstairs to stay warm in the covered area. We did see two wild koalas on the ride! It was a nice, relaxing ride.

We checked into our hotel afterwards, a nice family room with four beds! Then out on the town before dinner. We went out to this lookout to check out the sunset which we just missed by like 10 minutes, but was still beautiful! Next, on to dinner. We ate in a hotel and it was pretty good. We called it an early night because Renmark is closed down pretty much after 5:00. We watched the rest of the Crows game (footy) and we lost! So sad.

In the morning we were off to Banrock Station a winery. One way there we stopped off and drove through a National Park. I don't remember which one it was thought. I think it was Murraylands National Park. On drive though we saw about 20 or more wild kangaroos jumping around. It was pretty cool. Once we arrived to Banrock Station, we went on a hike around the site the a little wine tasting.

After Banrock, we were off on our way back to Adelaide. It was a nice weekend trip however a bit cold! This weekend we are off to Kangaroo Island. I am pretty excited about this one because we get to see some wild seals and the Southern Right whales are out so we might see some whales on the way over! We miss you all!!