Mildura to Goolwa on a river rat

Taking an aptly-named trailer sailer down the Murray River is just the beginning for Sylvia and Peter Talbot.

Having bid our kind benefactor goodbye following his trip from Yarrawonga to Mildura, we left Mildura in his boat, a 22 foot Beneto River Rat with 0.4 metre draft. Went through Lock 11 tying up alongside the paddle steamer Melbourne. On leaving, swallows accompanied us and stayed with us the entire journey. Although we were not quite sure if they were the same birds as they disappeared at night and then rejoined as we set off at dawn. We travelled about 45 kilometres looking for a suitable place to pull up for the night. At that stage the Murray ran with Victoria on one side and NSW on the other. The Victoria side is all national parkland and you can pull up anywhere and set up a campfire. The NSW…

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Cruising Helmsman (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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