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Our monthly newsletter "Travelling Victoria" is now in it's third year,
and we are very pleased to receive all your feed back and positive suggestions.
We will see if we can keep it going for years to come. It is a great way
to let our many clients know what is going on and we have some fun compiling
it.
Chris
Preddy from Kyabram is the latest winner of a weekend on the Goulburn
River, canoeing and camping. We are looking forward to seeing Chris paddle
around the bend sometime before the end of March. The correct answer was
in 1836 Major T.L. Mitchell with 25 men, 11 horses, 52 bullocks, 100 sheep,
22 carts, a boat carriage with boat, set off from Orange in NSW to transverse
the then unknown western sections of Victoria.
Platypuses
We have spoken about platypuses before, but over the past few months there
are more and more are being sighted in the Lower Goulburn. One little
show off tends to frolic and swim in front of the canoes. We believe that
some of the beautiful aquatic creatures are getting used to our canoe
safaris coming through their habitats.
Dry Year
Legacy of little or inadequate rain over the past 12-months has seen the
demand for irrigation water from the Murray system in high demand. The
Goulburn/Murray Water Authority have drained the water from Lake Mokoan
between Glenrowan and Benalla to aid the situation. The water flowed into
the Broken River and then into the Goulburn River at Shepparton and onto
the Murray at Echuca. This gave the Goulburn a good flush and brought
many species of freshwater fish on the bite. Many good sized Cod were
angled and the river is still flowing well. The farmers downstream along
the Murray are now able to irrigate their properties.
Service is our Business
River Country Adventours has all the safety and camping gear to make your
stay in the bush as pleasant as possible. Nothing is too much trouble
for us. In fact we are getting good repeat business, and one group has
been back 3-times. By the way...happy birthday Karen from Sunbury.
The
Wineries of Nagambie
Another canoeing option for those of us that like to mix pleasure with
pleasure. We are now having canoeing safaris from Seymour to Nagambie,
or just paddle from Mitchelton Winery to Tahbilk Winery. Before any canoeing
is started we spend time giving instructions on all aspects of canoeing
in the pristine rivers.
Competition
Here is your chance to win a free weekend camping and canoeing on the
Goulburn River at Wyuna. The prize should be taken before the end of March
next, and the lucky winner will be notified on February 10, 2002.
Q- Where was the Eureka Stockade?
Clunes, Ballarat, Echuca, Yambuna, Willaura, Pepper Hill, Bendigo or Box
Hill?
Send your answer to competition@adventours.com.au
Thought
for the Day
Never worry about what people think of you.....truth is, they like you....are
probably only thinking of themselves..........Anon.
Cheers
Rob
& Joan
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