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Reply #40 - Aug 18^th, 2026 at 9:45am

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A free camp on the Darling River called Mays Bend about 10 kilometres north of Bourke, NSW - 2017

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Reply #41 - Aug 19^th, 2026 at 9:14am

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I really was after a Murray Cod or a nice Yellowbelly but all I caught was a stinking Carp.

Did manage a good feed for breakfast on the Ozpig though.

We were camped at the Police Paddocks on the Murray River in Victoria - 2014

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Reply #42 - Aug 19^th, 2026 at 10:33am

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Hi Derek
Looks like a nice spot to camp.
Do many people eat carp. I have heard a lot of people catch them and just leave them on the ground.
regards Kev

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Reply #43 - Aug 19^th, 2026 at 11:08am

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Kevvie wrote on Aug 19^th, 2026 at 10:33am:

Hi Derek
Looks like a nice spot to camp.
Do many people eat carp. I have heard a lot of people catch them and just leave them on the ground.
regards Kev

I have never eaten them. To my knowledge they are full of bones and taste like mud.

It is illegal to release them back in the water.

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Reply #44 - Aug 19^th, 2026 at 4:38pm

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hi Derek
Thanks for the info mate
Kev

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Reply #45 - Aug 20^th, 2026 at 8:58am

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We stopped at a roadside free camp just outside Charleville called the “Rock Pool” - 2017

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Reply #46 - Aug 20^th, 2026 at 10:53am

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hi Derek
That is a pretty place for a camp site
regards Kev.

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Reply #47 - Aug 21^st, 2026 at 11:27am

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Port and Muscat tasting at the Morris Winery in The Rutherglen - 2014. Maggie wanted to take the barrel home but had to settle for a carton of bottles. Grin

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Reply #48 - Aug 22^nd, 2026 at 10:09am

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Standley Chasm in the West McDonnell Ranges in the NT is one of those places you really need to stand in to appreciate it properly. We were there in 2025.

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Reply #49 - Aug 23^rd, 2026 at 9:36am

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Same place in our old Jayco and newer Jayco. Jones Bridge free camp on the Tumut River not far from Tumut itself. First 2013 and second 2017

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