Day 6, flying boats in the middle of the desert??????

Today was essentially our day off. We had completed all the activities at the Pioneer Village yesterday, including the amazing Light show. So a rest day was what we had.

After a sleep in we had a breakfast of pancakes and attended to some house keeping duties, a rather large load of washing and some minor repair on the van. We had noticed one of the drawers was hanging rather low, turned out one of the runners had came loose, a quick and easy fix.

Mid morning and we had heard about the Catalina flying boat museum at Lake Boga , so we decided to head out and see what all the fuss is about.










We were rather surprised with the amazing display of war memorabilia, a fantastic display of war time plane engines, including a massive 18 cylinder twin supercharged and turbo charged radial engine from a B19 bomber.

It was amazing to learn about the story of the area and how it helped out during World War 2.

After the museum it was time for a picnic lunch along side the Murray river, where big kids played with little kids and injured said kids.  Opppsssss!! poor Buddy was completely axed by his father. Not a good sight at all.

A quick fix and back to the campsite after a scheduled restocking stop at ALDI for supplies to ice injuries and head to the pool.

The afternoon was spent lazing in the pool and relaxing in preparation for the massive 600 km journey to Adelaide.

photos to be uploaded tomorrow.

See you all tomorrow.




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