Port Piere SA, over the border into VIC for a hundred plus klms and then back into NSW

We only stayed overnight in Port Augusta having looked around the town on our way across to WA.
The purpose of this trip was to holiday in Western Australia and see what we didn't explore last year. We have seen WA and truly have had a fantastic holiday. There is so much diversity from beautiful coast lines, lush forests, magnificent reefs, stunning western sunsets, magnificent gorges, stunning riverbank campsites, inland ghost towns and lots and lots of red dust and dirt (at times not so beautiful, it's amazing how the bull dust just creeps into everything!).
Yes, we are on our way home after nearly five months. We are beating a hastily retreat home as the south inland in winter is cold, and on another trip in the late summer to early spring we will concentrate on South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW.
We left Port Augustus and travelled onto Port Piere, down through the Clare Valley and onto Morgan, a historical port precinct on the mighty Murray River. The Murray River is currently flowing rapidly due to the heavy rains over the last few months. We then crisscrossed the Murray River by vehicular ferry from Morgan and then back from Cadell and continued on to Berri and camped along the Murray River for the night. We visited Renmark in SA and had lunch by the river at Lock 5. The Murray River has around 11 locks built in the 1920's..........they are quite an engineering feat. Just after Renmark we crossed the SA border into Victoria and travelled through countryside, laden with dormant grape vines and citrus trees, to Mildura, a city of 60,000 people on the Victorian side of the VIC / NSW border. We camped the night again on the Murray River, just south of Mildura and next morning crossed the Murray River and the border into NSW and visited Wentworth..........a small town at the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers. We had breakfast at Lock 10. Travelled back to Mildura and met up with two of Chris's ex work friends, Marquis and Kristy (who have been travelling Australia on their Honeymoon)..........it's always nice to catch up with friends along the way.
We left Mildura late and only travelled to Balranald where we found a cosy camp spot for the night. Over the following week we will travel through Hay and onto Galore, near Wagga Wagga, and stay a couple of days with my nephew Peter, his wife Rossina and their three children and continue onto Newcastle where the motorhome will get a much needed wash and dusting ready for our next venture.............who knows where and when, but soon we both hope!
Once home I will do a final blog as we intend to visit Cowra and I'm sure the Japanese gardens will be worth a post.