Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, researchers argue.
Mildura, on the banks of the mighty Murray River, is in the middle of nowhere and the centre of everywhere.
1887: The Murray River’s resources are tapped.
The Murray cod is central to the Dreaming of South Australia’s Riverland, but sadly today is seldom seen. We investigate.
Go a rambling across the country with these wild and wonderful travel experiences.
We may need to consider renaming the Hanley’s river snail to the Hanley’s pipe snail, given the endangered species has survived by taking up residence in an inconvenient man-made habitat.
Bill Robinson has paddled the length of the Murray and completed 22 Murray Marathons. When floods revitalised the river he decided to explore his favourite part – the beautiful, forest-lined stretch from Tocumwal to Barmah.
The rusting rail bridges spanning the mighty Murray recall the vigour of a boom era long past.
