Ahead of us were two long days of driving as we headed to the south coast. We had decided to break the drive into two legs stopping for the night along the way.
Our drive passed through fairly uninteresting scenery, but when we came to Albury in Victoria State that changed!
Albury is situated on the Murray River and is the location of the dam controlling the flow of water for irrigation purposes downstream. As well as unseasonably cool temperatures, the area has been experiencing significant rainfall. The dam has had to release many gigalitres of water. This is causing flooding downstream. We drove to the dam where the water was being released in ferocious torrents below our feet!
We also visited the local train station, whose claim to fame is it has the longest covered platform in the southern hemisphere. This was because the states of New South Wales and Victoria, upon whose the border the station is located, had different gauged train tracks.
The train would arrive, the passengers disembark for a 2 hour lay over while the cargo was transferred from one train to the other before their journey could continue!
Such an interesting place with lots of history, as could be seen in the buildings in the Centre of town.
We took a walk in the evening after a wonderful meal and the signs of flooding were everywhere.
After a very pleasant stay we were off the next day for another 6 hour drive to Torquay, the start of the Great Ocean Road.
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