the Murray-Darling River Run 2011

With the breaking of the drought in 2010 the Murray-Darling basin has come back to life with renewed flows from its two major rivers, the Darling and the Murray Rivers.  We began our river exploration by travelling through the heart of outback NSW, joining the Darling River at Brewarrina, the starting point of the famous Darling River Run, taking in Bourke, Broken Hill, Louth, Tilpa, Wilcannia and Menindee Lakes before we meet up with the Mighty Murray at Mildura. 

As we toured this route we re-traced the steps of explorers Stuart, Mitchell, Dowling, Bourke & Wills, the history and heritage of the run matched only by its diversity and beauty of the landscape.  From Mildura we followed the Murray River east taking in the towns of Robinvale and Swan Hill to arrive in the river town of Echuca, on the junction of the Murray and Campaspe Rivers, where we immersed ourselves in the history & lifestyle of this historic river port.  Leaving the river we travelled north through Griffith, Dubbo, Narrabri & Tenterfield as we made our way home from our 15 day river adventure.