Robinvale or was it Robinjale?

Robinvale


or should it be renamed to Robin-Jail?

This is the place where any backpacker will find work. FACT!
It's loaded with vines, tree fruit, ground fruit and veg. There is work there most of the year.
ONLY GO THERE IF YOU ARE DESPERATE.

We stayed on a camp site which was $90pppw. Not bad. Free use of the kitchen, bathrooms and water.
Good you think? wrong. We only had one drinking water tap, which when it was empty it was empty. We found out that it was nearly empty as the water was green with moss coming out the tap.

The water that we showered in was from the river (murray river) which was fine. Until the floods hit us and the water turned black from the silt. The mosquitoes were terrible. As soon as the sun went down, everybody went to bed. River Ross fever was going to hit this town.

One day the weather was great 30degrees. The it went up to 42degrees in a matter of one day. Then it hit us 50degrees. You might think wow thats great weather, but i'll kid you not in the middle of no where, where the flood waters are 100meters away. 50degrees is the worst heat you can be in. There's no shade and no air.

We managed to get work. Aimee drove the tractor, and craig pinned covers over the top of the grape vines, along with a 10 wo/man team.
After two weeks the work dried up, we had enough money to last us for a few weeks. Off we drove again.....

next stop Torquay!