When we arrived back in Tooleybuc in the morning, we discovered there was a school Fete (pronounced "fate" in Australia!) going on. This was pretty lucky for us as we were able to have a second breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast and buy books for 20 cents each! After buying a few groceries and walking around a bit, we went back to the boat ramp to push off only to discover a family (the mother was barely distinguishable from the children except for a foul mouth) all running around in the muck near the boat ramp. Apparently they were there some weeks ago and there were so many fish flopping about caught in little pools of water that they were able to catch them in their T-shirts. Why oh why haven't we been lucky enough to catch any?
Anyway, we enjoyed Tooleybuc as there were many old timers who knew something about the river and have even paddle lengths of it themselves. (Not the usual comments we have been receiving of "Ah, I wish I had done that at your age!" (I think they don't really realize how old we really are... we are just without responsibilities!) They also told us how luck we really are. With the river so high, we are able to see out over the riverbanks... that ubiquitous view of gum trees and forest. Also the occasional glimpse of pasture. Apparently, under normal circumstances, the banks are high and the water low... so all one is able to see is the riverbank... like paddling a small creek at the bottom of a gorge.
All, this was a good day and we made good progress on our journey towards Boundary Bend. Only unfortunate point was then we we stopped for dinner, we discovered that a tube if basil had burst in the heat. Gross. And even more gross, we scopped some of it off the tupperware and made fake pesto pasta that night!
Anyway, we enjoyed Tooleybuc as there were many old timers who knew something about the river and have even paddle lengths of it themselves. (Not the usual comments we have been receiving of "Ah, I wish I had done that at your age!" (I think they don't really realize how old we really are... we are just without responsibilities!) They also told us how luck we really are. With the river so high, we are able to see out over the riverbanks... that ubiquitous view of gum trees and forest. Also the occasional glimpse of pasture. Apparently, under normal circumstances, the banks are high and the water low... so all one is able to see is the riverbank... like paddling a small creek at the bottom of a gorge.
All, this was a good day and we made good progress on our journey towards Boundary Bend. Only unfortunate point was then we we stopped for dinner, we discovered that a tube if basil had burst in the heat. Gross. And even more gross, we scopped some of it off the tupperware and made fake pesto pasta that night!
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