Our journey from Source to Sea on the Murray River.
Yesterday we completed our journey finally reaching the mouth of the Murray. River Spirit’s hull finally tasting the salt waters of the Southern Ocean. Our final day was short as we made our way through our last barrage/lock and on the other side greeted by two seals and an abundance Read more…
We set off a bit earlier today as the weather was calm and we want to go through Lake Alexandrina safely. This lake is renown for high waves and unsuspecting weather changes; making this section the most dangerous. We have been told numerous time on the treachery of the lake Read more…
A chill out day at Murray Bridge so we decided on heading to Hahndorf, Adelaide Hills. It wasn’t too far away but the day was very hot. Overall we had a great time just looking around Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement.
We changed our plans a bit by skipping Manum and heading straight to Murray Bridge but staying there for 2 nights. But his means that we had to travel 158 kms in a day. The day went well and was calm and we made the distance without any issues. We Read more…
We thought we had seen all the cliffs but more was to come with many surprises. Cockatoos were using the cliffs as hangouts under shade and holes in the cliffs as substitute tree hollows. They were a common sight at cliffs in this section. We managed to get up close to Read more…
We decided to purchase a tent for the remainder of our expedition and drove to a camping shop in Berri at 9am. They were very helpful and gave huge discounts on our new tent after learning of our plight and fundraiser.We then had to drive to Loxton to continue our journey hence Read more…
Yesterday was a disaster for us and a setback to our plans. It was a hot and windy day at our site and in a distant we saw a white haze/cloud above the river. Within seconds, we were hit by a mini tornado which lasted for seconds. Our completely pegged Read more…
Some picture we took while we were in Renmark.
We met the Chookman of the Murray today, an eccentric character of Renmark/Paringa. He lives on a quirky home made house-boat named ‘Willitsinkorwontit’ with his chooks. Dianne was ‘invited’ to sing along with Chookman (Frank Turton), who was such a warm and kind gentleman. Man of many talents, full of Read more…
We drove back to Border Cliffs to launch our boat and resume our journey on the Murray. The morning was chilly but calm so we took it easy and enjoyed the day on the Murray. We reached Lock 6 but had to sound horns and drove around to attract the Read more…