Before leaving Corryong, we visited the "Man from Snowy River Museum". They are all volunteers and have some interesting exhibits. The one we found most interesting was about a local man, Jim Simpson, who was in the RAAF in World War 2 and was shot down over Germany. He unravelled all the woollen jumpers of the Aussies so that the German's would not take them. He fashioned knitting needles from the Italian dixie can pan handles - taught the Aussie prisoners how to knit warm socks. He then knitted a rug measuring 6'1"x6'4" that depicts a map of Australia and the Coat of Alms.
Next stop was the Towong Racecourse where scenes from Phar Lap were filmed and where the gangster Squizzy Taylor once stole the takings.
After a very scenic drive along the Murray and though Walwa, we followed the Upper Hume Lake where the trees are still visible in the water. We crossed into NSW over the Bethanga Bridge that was built in 1930. It is a metal arch-girder bridge that has 9 spans - quite unique.
Our intention was to camp at Lake Hume Caravan Park but a week ago the toilet-shower block was burnt down so there was only a temporary one. The decision was made to move on to Albury after we looked at the Hume Weir. The water level seems to be quite low but the lady at the caravan park told us that they had recently released water into the Murray. At present the dam is a construction site with consolidation work being under-taken.
Tonight and tomorrow we are in Albury. The Railway Station here is just beautiful.
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