Destination - Echuca, Victoria, Australia. - My road trip to attend a family reunion in 3 parts. Part 03 - The River Cruise to the Winery on the P.S. Pevensey.

Post the reunion day, 12:00 to whenever it was in the night, the plan was to do a cruise and wine tours which on the Sunday we did.

Some background on the boat:

P.S. Pevensey is an authentic paddle steamer, with its original steam engine, in the fleet of paddle steamers at Echuca Wharf.

The vessel starred in the role as the fictional PS Philadelphia in the Australian television mini-series All the Rivers Run, made in Echuca in 1982-1983.

It was named after a sheep property on the Murrumbidgee River called Pevensey Station.

The paddle steamer was built at the Moama slipway in 1911 by Permewan Wright & Co. Ltd.

Pevensey collected bales of wool from sheep stations and brought them to the Echuca wharf. From the wharf, it was loaded onto trains and taken to Melbourne for export overseas. Pevensey could carry 815 bales of wool and a total of 2000 bales when barges were towed along behind.

Pevensey’s barge was called Ada.[1]

After the river trade ended, Pevensey was tied up at Mildura. It later was towed to Echuca to be restored in 1973.

Here are some pictures and videos.

Gentle headwind as we head down river.

There is something special about Paddlesteamers.

Hope we don't need these.

Up river as we go about.

Up river as we go about.

Up river as we go about.

The Port of Echuca.

The Port of Echuca.

The Port of Echuca.

The Port of Echuca.

My Captain, my captain.

Our accommodation was different to this.

And different to this.

Bunks, not for us. I cannot get up to the top one anymore.

We will be eating ashore.

The workshop.

The workshop.

Lots of moving parts!

A full head of stream.

Its all a blur at this speed.

Its all a blur at this speed.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

Its stoking time. No fire, no steam, no go.

So what's the news?

 

My captain, my captain.

A little quicker than us.

 

'All ashore who's going ashore.'

Don't forget to come back for us.

You will find the Morrison Winery Facebook by clicking the glass of wine.

Wharf to Winery tour, no driving involved.

If I had had the spare cash, it would be home now.

The Emmylou is everywhere.

Re boarding time for the voyage home.

Boys will be boys.

 

Retrieving the powerboat.

How's the fishin'?

Maybe not moored properly.

What smoke?

 We return into the Port of Echuca.

So that was our day on the Murray River.
We have a 3 litre bottle of Muscat to help us remember the day out.

Equipment:
Samsung Galaxy S3
P.S. Pevensey.