I have not been to many places today so I am going to keep this post short. I wanted to see a little lit of the Murray River region today but wasn’t going to spend too much time there. A day trip kind of thing….
First I went to Murray Bridge for a coffee then moved on to Mannum. There were houseboat rentals all along the riverside and not one but 2 ferries crossing the river. This town must get busy during summer. I can see it would be a great fishing spot. There were also a couple of river cruises parked along the river. The more impressive one was the Murray Princess.
After Mannum, another thing I wanted to see was the river locks along the river. So I picked the closest one to me, Blanchetown Lock & Weir 1, and it happened to be the oldest one.
That was my little taste of Murray River. Next destination was another wine region in SA, McLaren Vale. It took me through the part of Adelaide Hills that I didn’t get to see yesterday plus Mount Pleasant, Torrens Valley.
I am going to just drive along the twenty something km winery drive here in McLaren Vale to see what’s interesting. It will probably just another day trip here. I’ll see…
John @ McLaren Vale, S.A.
PS Gregory, hope you feel better soon xox
Images: 1. Mannum Ferry; 2. Murray Princess at Mannum; 3. Murray River Lock & Weir 1 at Blanchetown
