Echuca is an exciting Murray River town where the river boats depart from and it is full of restaurants, cafes and quaint B&Bs. We stayed at the River Gallery Inn enjoying a lovely Greek meal at Nicks.
A fitting place for our final dinner and I enjoyed it. My diet sure has changed from the pub steaks I used to eat most nights 12 months ago!!
We only stayed for one night and didn't have time to explore the town fully, but we did have time to buy a couple of things for our future home. We will come back and explore this whole area more at another time. Back on the road the following morning.
There were big problems with the tow bar and being a public holiday I was concerned we would be stuck here but Bunnings was open so I replaced the strap that was broken.
We had purchased a Horse Float on eBay and again God was watching over us because Mick the guy we bought it off said pop in and I will weld it for you as he lives in Albury. He spent a good hour welding the broken parts .
It was around 4pm before we could commence our final part of the journey.
We checked the tow-bar as we traveled and it looked good initially. Around 10PM we drove into Bundanoon Motel and it was foggy and wet as the GPS had taken us a short cut along a dirt road!!!! The trailer was hanging on by a thread and almost touching the ground. When we got off the bike it was completely broken on one side and on the other one small piece was all that was left. We could not have gone another km and we were certainly carried home in the hands of God as there is no other explanation. I totally dismantled the tow-bar the following morning, never to be used again and I will do my best to prevent others from towing a trailer on a bike in the future.
I have since found out this happens all the time and there were 80 Accidents involving bikes with trailers on the way to and from the Ulysses Agm.
In the morning we will do the short ride to Bunnings without the trailer .
I have since found out this happens all the time and there were 80 Accidents involving bikes with trailers on the way to and from the Ulysses Agm.
In the morning we will do the short ride to Bunnings without the trailer .
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