Morgan to Renmark along the river

We have just been taking a lazy drive along the river staying for 3 day in most spots and having picked up the flu we have been vegging out most afternoons. I think the best way to do this post is to comment on each photo as we go.

The old shipping agents and now a museum of the days gone by manly the river boats.

An old river paddle steamer slowly being restored you can see the paddle wheels on the deck. It was original built in 1907.

two of the original hotels restored to all there glory in the lovely old town of Morgan which was once the largest wharfs in south Australia.

This pumping station in Morgan supplies most of the water for S.A. including Port Augusta and as far up as Woomara,and believe it or not  the Murray river  is S.A. main water supply.

This is our camp spot across the river from Morgan not bad hey.

This is the car ferry to cross the river at Waikeri where we did a bit of shopping and topped up the alcohol supply.

Another nice camp spot at Moorook national park. We are very surprised at how quiet these camps are considering it is school holidays

The tree of knowledge at Loxton gives all the flood levels,check out the 1956 level at the top its hard to imagine that amount of water.

This is the Renmark river front of the town a very pretty place. We walked along the river to the Renmark club and had a really nice lunch over looking the water we cant believe how cheap it is to eat at these clubs(maybe its something to do with the pokies). Then we walked down to the visitors center to go aboard the paddle steamer the Industry.

The Industry built in 1911 in Goolwa for the S.A. government as a work boat and was in constant use until 1970 and was then given to Renmark as a tourist vessel and floating museum.

This is the wood fired steam boiler on the Industry which drives a piston each side which is connected to the paddle wheels

One of the pistons quit simple but very effective engineering.the wood they use today are all the old props from the vineyards.

Another river camp just out of Renmark Murtho Forrest. The night before we camped at Lurup Flats also just as pretty.Now we are camped at lock 9 which is spectacular with lots of trees and fairy wrens.