day 4 - monday

We begin our Murray river experience by heading down to Goolwa to stand at the mouth of the Murray - the point where the river ends and flows out to see.

The road from Murray Bridge to Goolwa is through the farmland along the river. We drove around the western side of Lake Alexandria,passing mostly dairy farms and some crop farms. As we neared Goolwa we went through some hills and down into the port town on the edge of the Lake.

A coffee and pie from the bakery and a walk around the main tourist sites before driving out to the barrages. These were concrete construction built in the mid 50's to hold back the fresh water.

Here we discovered a family of seals resting on the jetties in the centre of the river. It was a cloudy day and they were looking for some sun. There were a few swimming in the water and rolling around.

The drive to the Murray mouth was out on Hindmarsh island and a short walk to the sandy beach and we were able to look out to see the river mouth in the distance.

On our return trip we crossed the river at Wellington on a ferry to look at where the river meets the Lake. A short dirve to Tailem Bend and we were able to cross back to the other side of the rivewr on the 2 ferry for the short drive back to our caravan park.