20121130 VIC Darlington Pt, Cobram, Numurkah

20121130 On our way to Darlington Point Caravan Park to camp on the Murrumbidgee River for the night.  We walked to the town center which is not far only once there I went to take a photo and found I had taken the battery out to recharge it but hadn't replaced it, I know just what you're thinking Nick. 
01-12-2012  I did manage to get Des to Stop when leaving.

We camped up and walked around this is quite a nice spot, the water is very clear, but the current is strong so no swimming for me.

Historical Bridge-These towers were part of the Bascule Bridge erected in 1905 at Darlington Point, an important crossing on the Murrumbidgee River.
The lifting bridge from the paddle steamer era served the public well until it was replaced in 1979. In 1989 the towers were re-erected on this site by the Darlington Point historical society.

Punt Hotel 1925 Des and I stopped for a beer and checked out the flood ravaged pictures of the town that went under water in March this year.  The Hotel did not not suffer any damage. 
A wide angle picture of the town, yep this is it.
Des was busting for the loo so we stopped at Jerilderia out the front of Kelly's Bistro, going inside we make out we are checking out the history of the pub so Des doesn't fell guilty about using the loo.  I was please to find the wall were covered with the history of Ned Kelly.
 
The Kelly Gang captured the southern NSW town of Jerilderie in Feb 1879 & robbed the local bank of £2,000.  Here, Ned gave his Jerilderie Letter to the bank's accountant for publication as well as printing in the Jerilderie Gazette.  It outlined Kelly's defence of the gang's actions at Stringybark Creek, but was not published until after Kelly's death. 
 Removing the shield shows Kelly without a beard.

 
 We drove onto Cabram and parked up the the Oasis Caravan Park to wash some cloths before meeting our friends in Kyabram.
 
02-12-2012  Stopping at Cobram to restock our supplies and check out the town when we noticed two posters in a shop window, one for a Rodeo on the 1st , which we really wont to see, and today was the 2nd bugger, the other poster was "Numurkah Show Us Ya Wheels" and that was on today, why not, where heading that way.
 
Cobram - Charles Sturt explored the Murray downstream of the present town site in 1830 and in 1838 he led a droving party with 300 head of cattle through the district, en route to S.A.  Cobram station was taken up in 1845 by Octavius Phillpotts.  Cobram is home to the Murray Goulburn Cooperative which was formed in 1950 by fourteen local dairy farmers – today more than 3000 farmers are part of the cooperative, supplying in excess of two million litres of milk to the factory each day.
 
The Log Cabin
 The Cabin was relocated from a family property in Yarrawonga to Cobram.  Made from large boxwood trees covered with bark roof and having earthing floors dating back to 1874. 
Grand Central Hotel 
 Built in 1902 the hotel stands in the heart of Cobram.
Cobram Hotel
 
By the mid-1890s Cobram contained two hotels, a mechanics” institute (1892 and now the RSL Hall), sawmill, three stores, a newspaper and two implement factories.  The Cobram Hotel (1892) is still standing today.
 
 
 
 
 
Numurkah
The area was occupied by the Yota-Yota people prior to European settlement.  Squatters moved into the area from NSW in the late 1830s.  The area did not really proceed until Numurkah became the headquarters of the Murray Valley Soldier Settlement Area – one of the largest soldier settlements in Australia – after WW1.  Under the scheme 700 ex-servicemen were given land to develop for agriculture.  

The State Bank of Victoria was a bank that existed from 1842 until when it was taken over by the Commonwealth Bank, it was owned by the State of Victoria.  The bank collapsed due to the weight of bad loans made in the 1980s, in particular by its merchant banking arm Tricontinental, after deregulation of the banking industry in the mid-1980s by the Hawke ALP government.

The main entrance to Numurkah Show Grounds, it looks like Des is trying to find a way to get in for free, "suprise, suprise".
There were many hot rods but this was one was my favourite.
 
Ya gotta love the old ford truck.
 
How cools, a stretched VW
 
I had to take a photo of this 351 GT for Mick, loved the color.
 
Check out these mags, impressive ha.
  Boys and There Toys
On our way out we spotted these remote control speed boats roaring up and down the lake.  They had a pull start motor and the speed they were doing was amazing for a toy.
There just like the real race boats only in a small version.  I'm sure this would not be a cheap hobby.

 After leaving the car show we head to Kyabram to finally catch up with Phil and Paula, friends we meet at the Nindigully Hotel.
Location: Numurkah VIC 3636, Australia

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