We left Loxton on Thursday 3rd May and headed to Renmark. Rick and Lorraine (friends from home) were going to be there for a few days to pick up a new caravan so we ended up 2 sites down from them right on the Murray. The weather is certainly turning cooler, down to 4 degrees overnight and a cool breeze blowing during the day.
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| Murtho Forest lookout just out of Renmark |
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| Ray with the Murray and setting sun behind him |
Rick and Lorraine got their lovely new van on Friday.
On Saturday 5th May, which was our 27th wedding anniversary, we were just finishing breakfast when we heard this loud music coming from the direction of the river. We went outside and this is what we saw coming down the river.
It was a fellow called Frank Turton, also known as "Chookman". He is a traditional country and western entertainer and lives at Paringa which is the next town on the river after Renmark. A young French film maker was making a film of Frank's life and they were taking the boat down to Renmark for the weekend and coming back to the caravan park on Sunday night to give a little concert. He is quite well known around the place. He used to be the entertainer at Daly Waters Pub in NT and sang with a chook sitting on his head, hence the name "Chookman".
We went down town after lunch and had a chat to him and Ray bought a couple of his CD,s.
That night Rick, Lorraine, Ray and I went out for dinner to The Renmark Club. It was very enjoyable and Rick took some lovely photos of us all.
Sunday night after tea we wandered up through the caravan park and listened to some of Chookman's songs. His boat was lit up like a Xmas tree and he sang from a little stage on the boat.
Monday morning we bid adieu to The Baerwinkels and headed to Mildura. While there we decided to stay until today, Wednesday, and then head to Hay and then Gundagai and then home on Friday.
Hope you have enjoyed my Blogs and I will start them again when we go on our next trip sometime later in the year.
Bye for now.
