Day 11 Avoca Dell to Wellington 41 km

We left the caravan park at 7:00 am and had an hour of steady paddling to reach Murray Bridge where we stopped to find breakfast. There was nothing open in Murray Bridge except Micky Ds. We had coffee and toasted sandwiches before returning to the kayaks. There was a cycling event happening in the park as we paddled away.

The bridge at Murray Bridge

Back on the water we were shadowed by the Captain Proud, a diesel powered paddle wheeler. I got a few shots of Simon chasing the boat.

After that we just paddle all day. We had a couple of stops for a break. One where we had Scotch Fingers, another at Westbrook Caravan Park where we had Jelly Babies, and finally at Tailem Bend where we landed on the rowing club pontoon and headed up the street for some lunch at 3:30 pm.

We had missed finding the River Edge Caravan Park and had no other options at Tailem Bend so we had to go on to Wellington, a further 12 km. In the end we paddle 41 km. It was pleasant 

We landed on a grass bank adjacent to the ferry ramp and then dragged our kayaks up the street to the caravan park where we book in to budget cabin. At $45 it is too much for the cabin we get but we want to save time packing up in the morning. We need an early start tomorrow when we will start the crossing of Lake Alexandrina.