We were having a quiet day at Heron's Bend near Overland Corner having said goodbye to 3 vans that were camped along the banks of the Murray River just along from us.
However late in the afternoon a vehicle towing a camper trailer whizzed along the road and then dropped off the trailer then roared off across to the Overland Corner Pub.
Our quiet piece of ParadiseNot long after this we saw revolving and flashing lights coming across the plain from the pub towards us. We got the biggest and noisiest surprise to find that it was a group of 17 small tractors on a tractor trek from Loveday on the other side of the river near Waikerie.
The first of the tractors.
Another of the tractors: note the box on the back. Each tractor was carrying it's own camping gear. These small tractors were a mixtures of different types including Massey, Massey Ferguson, Ferguson, Chamberlain, Fordson
Chamberlain Tractor The drivers of these tractors came from local and interstate . The 2 that were camped narest to us were from Mildura/Wentworth. The boxes on the back of the tractors were used to carry camping gear but also doubled to transport people to the pub for tea and back afterwards.
The whole convoy were well supported with other vehicles and family members, so that they were quite a large group.
Lynn farewelling the tractors on sunday morning
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