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A RIVER ODYSSEY: From source to sea

06 Dec, 2008 02:34 PM

PART 17: THE END OF THE LINE

PART 17: THE END OF THE LINE
A RIVER ODYSSEY: THE Murray River meets a sorry end not far from Goolwa.

PART 16: WALLS OF FIRE

PART 16: WALLS OF FIRE
A RIVER ODYSSEY: THE Murray River is starting to show its age at Waikerie.

PART 15: THE SUNRAYSIA

PART 15: THE SUNRAYSIA
A RIVER ODYSSEY: MILDURA is the oasis of Victoria’s hot, arid north-west.

But like every other community along the Murray River, the prolonged drought is starting to bite, and bite hard.

PART 14: SWAN HILL

PART 14: SWAN HILL
12:45 PM AEDT | A RIVER ODYSSEY: REX “Trip” Walsh is a bit of a legend up Swan Hill way.

He is a walking, talking dynamo with a story for every day of his 80 years.

PART 13: RIVERBOATS

PART 13 RIVERBOATS
A RIVER ODYSSEY: TONY Brown is an old salt who is in his element on the Murray River at Echuca.

PART 12: THE BARMAH DEBATE

PART 12 THE BARMAH DEBATE
A RIVER ODYSSEY: THE Murray River has changed dramatically by the time it twists and turns its way through the Barmah-Millewa Forest.

PART 11: THE FOODBOWL

PART 11 THE FOODBOWL
A RIVER ODYSSEY: ORCHARDISTS the length of the Murray River are feeling the pinch as drought continues to reduce the amount of water available within our food bowl — the Murray-Darling basin.

PART 10 THE SUN COUNTRY

PART 10 THE SUN COUNTRY
A RIVER ODYSSEY: SYDNEY has its Harbour Bridge, Melbourne has the West Gate Bridge, San Francisco the Golden Gate Bridge and Yarrawonga-Mulwala has the, well, the Twisty Dippy Bridge.

PART 9: FISH TALES

PART 9: FISH TALES
A RIVER ODYSSEY: THE Murray River around Corowa has long been one of the favourite haunts of anglers chasing the elusive “big ’un.”

PART 8: THE BIRTHPLACE OF FEDERATION

PART 8: THE BIRTHPLACE OF FEDERATION
A RIVER ODYSSEY: COROWA etched its place in Australia’s history by way of the 1893 Federation Conference.

PART 7: The Twin Cities

PART 7: The Twin Cities
A RIVER ODYSSEY: FOR more than 100 years the Gray family and the Murray River have been as one.

PART 6: The Dams

A RIVER ODYSSEY: WE are damned without them but the Murray River is damned with them.

Part 5: The Conquerors

Part 5: The Conquerors
A RIVER ODYSSEY: Many have conquered the Mighty Murray. Most have traversed Australia’s greatest river by travelling downstream by boat or canoe. Some more hardy adventurers have done it the hard way by boating or paddling upstream from the source to Lake Hume, and in some cases, beyond. Yet others — two to be precise — have conquered the river by swimming from

Bringenbrong bridge. These are The Conquerors..

PART 4: So much life tied to river’s fortunes

PART 4: So much life tied to river’s fortunes
11:44 AM AEDT | A RIVER ODYSSEY: THE Smithwicks have owned the property known as “Talmalmo” since 1868.

PART 3: The Upper Murray

PART THREE: The Upper Murray
A RIVER ODYSSEY: KEN Nankervis counts his blessings that he was able to spend the prime years of his life experiencing the pristine beauty and isolation of Tom Groggin station and the river that divides it.

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PART 2: A legend is born

PART 2: A legend is born
A RIVER ODYSSEY: HIGH in the Australian Alps a river is born. But this is not just any river. It is our greatest waterway, the Murray River.

PART ONE: Murray flows at the heart of this nation

Murray flows at the heart of this nation
A RIVER ODYSSEY: PETER Wilson's love of the Murray River was sealed on his first trip there as a 7-year-old in 1952.
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I have recently moved to the area from Melbourne and I find these articles fascinating. The history is great.
Posted by kevinjw, 10/01/2009 5:32:02 PM

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