This grand home positively glows in the morning light and this morning was no exception - definitely worth getting up for. The forecast rain eventually arrived mid morning. We decided to follow up a couple more sites on the self guided tour list and so before the rain got too heavy we visited Lock 11 one of the many locks on the Murray River. Our luck was in - when we arrived one of the paddle steamers the PS Melbourne was in the process of being lowered to navigate the next section of the river.
From there we drove out of town to the famous Woody's Gemstone Shop which we first visited when we were here with the kids in the early '80's. It's been a Mildura institution forever and it still appears to be going strong. By the time we left here the rain had set in and we headed back to camp for lunch.
After lunch we decided to check out the local cinema and found that Blade Runner 2049 was running. The original Blade Runner (1982) is probably my favourite film of all time and I'd heard great reports on the sequel. A very long and complicated movie and like the original I'll probably have to watch it 3 or 4 times for it all to sink in, but I certainly felt that this version honoured the original and wove the new story seamlessly into the original. I enjoyed it a lot and expect to watch it many more times.
Tomorrow we set off for out next destination, the Barossa Valley and from there on to Hahndorf and Adelaide.
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