Woodsome Lees Vineyard

On the way back we stopped to take a few photos of one of the huge wineries in the

area, it is pruning time and all done by machine - imagine pruning this by hand. The

vines are obviously a staggered crop as many as you can see have no leaves and the

vines are very bare and some have new green foliage poking through. The vineyard is

326 acres and grows 4 varieties of grape, it is all fully irrigated. The car is the one we use

when we take the dog out for a drive and or walk, it is the owners car and an old Holden

she goes well and is really great on fuel.

Koalas

Cobba 2

The above flag is the Combined Murray Flag

Above flag is the Lower Murray Flag 

Above flag is the Upper Murray Flag - dark blue as they say the water is 

darker in the Upper

Hey Cobba

04 June: Today we decided to do the Paddle Boat ride on the Murray from Thompson’s Beach - best thing was we were the only ones on board so had the whole boat to ourselves. We went 2kms up the river amazing views even saw 4 koala's sitting up in the huge river gums. The river here is very different to Echuca and or down south Mannum SA, here the banks are very low and there are many many sandy beaches. So many trees in the river and on the banks and it is illegal to remove them, therefore you have to know how to navigate your way on the river. This boat was all driven by manual remote hung around the skipper neck - It seems a shame that he doesn't use the amazing wheel, but he manoeuvred the boat brilliantly and he was a wealth of knowledge of the river,area and boat. We had a hot cuppa coffee on board and purchased a couple of postcards, the drinks was needed as it was so cold. 

 

Cobba Paddle Boat is a testament to local engineering. Involving many local businesses in the construction. Departing from Thompson Beach Cobram. What a great way to see the amazing scenery of the Mighty Murray. There are one and one and a half hour day tours, you can enjoy freshly brewed coffee and snacks while admiring the river and or have a wine or beer - what better. Cobba is a 12m-long paddle boat with a diesel engine (and a generator attached to each wheel), with a shallow barge hull. It took him six years before Cobba was seaworthy because the owner did not want to get into debut and waited until fund became available before commencing work on another section of the vessel. Like all respectable building projects borne out of a romantic vision there was a monumental cost blow-out. The owner figured it would cost about $300,000 to build, but ended up costing $600,000 In one particular instance of bill shock, the owner was charged $15,000 in one hit to move the vessel from Yarroweyah to its Murray River mooring. “It was a 5km journey and some street had to be closed to move it,the owner said this “I hadn’t budgeted for".

 

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 03 June 2015

Awoke to a tad chilly morning, never warmed up very much at all started out in the minus and only just made it to double figures. Now the suns gone it is getting cold again really fast.

At midday we only just made it to this:

And at 4.00pm this is it:

Well that's May gone

31st May 2015

Was a lovely day took Gemma for a walk around the road and came back and picked a few Mandarins it was so nice sitting on the seat outside in the sun.

Later in the afternoon I found these two fast asleep in the sun and warm in the conservatory:!!!!!!!!! yep Brian and his shadow Miss Gemma.

Leaves Leaves and chewed lounge blinds

Fri 29th May

Yep you guessed it the leaves are falling fast now - WINTA (as the aussies say it) is fast approaching.

 

We popped out in the morning to the shops and left Miss Gemma home, arrived back to find she had chewed a bottom slat of the owners lounge wooden blinds - little bitch. We haven't told them yet we are going to wait until a couple of days before they come home before we tell them. We now block her outside so she cann't get back in we block entry to her doggie dog see the photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yep its us

We had a some friends from the Sunshine Coast pass through on their way to Melbourne. Lyn is a Line Dancing friend of ours from Marrochydore and she rang to say they (her husband John and herself) were staying one night at the caravan park and would we like to catch up the following morning for a coffee before they headed to Melbourne. We agreed to meet them at the Big Cod on the river front. Had a nice chat for an hour along with a coffee and Lyn took this great photo of us together.

And here's a couple of Lyn and I there is a bit of a joke about Lyn's lucky red boots.

Yellow Rosella's paid a visit

Finally the Yellow Rosella's paid us a visit in the garden. They are fairly large parrots they look like an over grown budgie. There are many forms depending on what area/State of Aus you are in. There were 3 of them in the garden on the bird bath and playing in the bushes, we were able to get a good look at them and a few photos.