We left Swan Hill and headed back to Deniliquin where we were staying two nights in a pet friendly cabin. The caravan park is the Pioneer Tourist Park. The Pioneer Tourist Park has a relaxed atmosphere and its quiet location on the Long Paddock Touring Route makes it the ideal place to enjoy a stay in Deniliquin.

There is a billabong that you can walk around, as we did with our girls at least twice a day. A pool, dump point for caravans and laundry facilities.

The Pioneer Park used to distill Eucalyptus oil and Tea Tree oil. The distillery is still there however now with all the over the top rules etc and insurance they can no longer do this. Pretty sad actually.

We settled in for the first night. Next morning we went back into town to look around Deniliquin. It is situated on the Edwards River which is a tributary of the Murray River. So much to do swimming, boats, bush walking and you may have heard of the World famous Deni Ute Muster

. The Deni Ute Muster has become one of the top ‘bucket list’ events in Australia and annually attracts 20,000 people of all ages from all around the world to celebrate modern Australian rural life and, of course, the iconic ‘Ute’. It has become the NSW Labour Day long weekend destination of choice for families who come together on our famous flat plains to celebrate music, culture, and of course all things Australian. Deniliquin is in the heart of an irrigation area which covers 725,000 hectares. The district produces rice, wool, beef, dairy products, wheat, barley, fat lambs, vegetables, fruit and timber.

Surrounding the area are many small towns and once we had walked around the many interesting areas of the town we decided to go for a drive. We went past the Deni Ute Muster and on to a town called Conargo. Actually we were heading somewhere else – for the life of me cant remember but we stumbled on Conargo and decided to stop and look around.

Conargo is situated on billabong creek about 25 mins from Deniliquin. The town dates back to 1853. The original pub burned down in 2014 and now today there is a new pub. The inside of the new pub to us had lost all the feel of a pub should be. We got a drink each and sat outside on the patio overlooking the billabong. There is free camping over the road and toilets – well they were working when we visited however I just looked it up and Wiki camps says Toilets not working.

We then decided to drive further for the sake of it. We thought there might be a road that we could turn left on and somehow head back to Deni. The road was bitumen but it was very narrow. It was miles of nothing except for sheep, cattle, emu’s and a few kangaroos. Eventually we decided we would turn around and head back to Deniliquin. This road apparently heads to Hay, I think lol…yes it does I found a photo of the sign when we decided to turn around.

Arrived back in Deni and found a place to fill up the 4wd with diesel and it had a cute “diner”. Checked it out and decided we would grab something to eat. Parmigiana and vegetables. We had a lovely meal.

To think we had gone on the drive with little water and no food. In Australia thats one thing you don’t do. Far too risky. Yes one thing we will never do again.

Drove around Deniliquin for a bit of a look then made way to our cabin where we took the girls for a walk around the billabong.

Settled in our cabin and had an early night.

Next morning we had some coffee a walk with the dogs then breakfast. We packed up the car and headed home.

Past through a town called Blighty stopped and took some photos. Greg has a friend who’s nickname is Blighty.

It had been an enjoyable 4 days away we finally got home around 3-4pm