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Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Southeastern Australia (24 galleries) >> Up a lazy river... the Murray tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Point Nepean National Park | Wilsons Promontory | Goldfields of Central Victoria (5 galleries) | Great Ocean Road | A weekend in Queenscliff | Up a lazy river... the Murray | South Gippsland Seachange | Melbourne's Street and Contemporary Art | City of Melbourne | Victoria Market, Melbourne | Autumn and winter in Melbourne | Mornington Peninsula | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne | Royal Melbourne Show | Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne | Coastal Art Trail, Port Phillip Bay | Around the fringes of Melbourne | Victoria's High Country | Walhalla, lost in the Great Dividing Range | Back to the Big Country (6 galleries) | Canberra | Sydney, Harbour City | An Australian Christmas | Meandering through the Mallee | Events and activities in and around Melbourne, Australia

Up a lazy river... the Murray

Images from a short winter break in the colonial-era river port of Echuca, on the banks of the Murray.

The Murray was not always a lazy river. The leisurely paddlesteamer cruises of today belie the busy 19th-century traffic up and down the Murray-Darling waterway system, from mid-western New South Wales to the river mouth in South Australia. In the era when Australia "rode on the sheep's back", paddlesteamers carried all manner of supplies to outlying towns and sheep stations (i.e. farms and ranches) and transported their wool bales back to the railhead at Echuca.

2019: Images from a return visit in spring time.

These images were taken with Nikon D300 using RAW format, and are available for licensing. .






Restored paddlesteamer wharf
Restored paddlesteamer wharf		 Early morning on the Murray
Early morning on the Murray		 PS 'Pride of the Murray'
PS 'Pride of the Murray'
Here the Campaspe River joins the Murray
Here the Campaspe River joins the Murray		 PS 'Emmylou', again
PS 'Emmylou', again		 Paddlesteamer 'Emmylou'
Paddlesteamer 'Emmylou'
On the move...
On the move...		 The rebuilt timber pier at Echuca
The rebuilt timber pier at Echuca		 Historic steam engine at the port
Historic steam engine at the port
Steam engine powering PS 'Pevensey'
Steam engine powering PS 'Pevensey'		 Our cottage on the edge of town
Our cottage on the edge of town		 The neighbours
The neighbours
Galahs near our cottage
Galahs near our cottage		 Late afternoon light
Late afternoon light		 A decaying cattle race (ramp)
A decaying cattle race (ramp)
Shop signs in High Street, Echuca
Shop signs in High Street, Echuca		 Heritage-listed (!) brothel premises
Heritage-listed (!) brothel premises		 Historic hotel from the paddlesteamer era
Historic hotel from the paddlesteamer era
The Murray at Echuca
The Murray at Echuca		 First bridge across the Murray, 1878
First bridge across the Murray, 1878

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Cathryn12-Jun-2016 21:48
A fascinating gallery and with many impressive images.
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