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Cohuna and Koondrook

Driving towards Cohuna we stopped off at Gunbower to see the mural on the local hotel. Again this was completed by Jimmy Dvate, like the ones in Goorumbat and Rochester. It is a beautiful scene of waterbirds of the area.  Gunbower Island is the largest of Australia’s inland islands at over 45 kms long covering 26,400 ha. It sits beyond Gunbower Creek, which branches off here and then rejoins the Murray at Koondrook, hence forming the island. We are camped on the island in the shade of gum trees which line the edge of the practice fairway of Cohuna Golf Course, where Stuart Appleby first developed his swing. It is a lovely setting, we just walk across the first fairway which lies adjacent to the practice one, to the creek which is very pretty and this evening was alive with birds. Earlier in the day we called in at the local Sunday morning market to buy some fresh produce. It was held right in town beside the irrigation channel. On the other side of the channel were a