Murray River at Mannum

We left our camp at Moorook & headed south down the Murray River towards Loxton & grabbed some fuel & then headed back west over towards Swan Reach. We explored on both sides of the river looking for a campsite at Walkers Flat & Purnong. There were some okay sites along here, but most of them were only suited to overnight camps as they were close to the roads or boat ramps. We cut back across to Mannum & found a council run site right on the river for $10 a night that was pretty good. It had toilets & a non potable water tap. The sites were gravel, but had lovely green grass in front of them. We set up camp & then enjoyed the afternoon watching all of the house boats & jet boats cruise up & down the river.

Looking across to Mannum from camp

Camp above & below

We decided to head into town to the pub for dinner. We had to catch the ferry across to the Main Street side of town & had a couple of drinks on the pub verandah overlooking the river & then a feed. It was a great night. We headed back to camp to find we had neighbours in a flash camper van/bus thing. After chatting to the guy we found out they were also from Rockhampton. As we were talking about being from Rocky, he looked us up & down & glanced at our trailer & said "yes we are from Rockhampton as well, but we are from the "North" side", if you know the Rocky area you will know he was implying that we were from the "South" side, arrogant b@stard, our house is actually on the north side as well, trust us to meet an idiot from home! By the way there is nothing wrong with the South side. Although we did then go down to the caravan park the next day for a proper shower & Mat got a haircut so may be we were a little rough around the edges, haha. 

Paddle steamer

The next day we explored the town. It is a great little place again & they have an amazing paddle steamer that operates, but unfortunately we missed the cruise. They have some great little antique shops & interesting bits & pieces. We went back to camp in the afternoon & enjoyed siting under the shade at camp with our feet in the nice green grass. This is a really lovely area & another great couple of days on the Murray River, the camping area we stayed in was called the Bolto Reserve at Mannum on the Eastern side of the river. A great stop for a couple of nights, with easy access to the water. 

Looking from town back to camp, can you spot our trailer? 

Houses overlooking the Murray River at Mannum

Lovely river bank parks in town

Map courtesy of HEMA mapsMoorook