#Murray River

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Rainforest colours #13. various locations.

On my travels.

1. Black Butcherbird.

2. Stone Bush Curlew.

3. Osprey.

4. Forest Kingfisher.

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Some say that the Whowie was ultimately killed by the tribes after it had been forced out in its weakened state. Others believe that it managed to drag itself back into its cave where its weak breath can continue to be heard as it continues to approach its eventual death.

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PS Oscar W

Built in Echuca in 1908, for Oscar "Charlie" Wallin, who named the paddle streamer after his son Oscar William Wallin, who is reported to have died in WW1 or in the boer war. the PS Oscar W carried freight on the Murray–Darling River system until the PS Oscar W was taken over by the shipping firm Permewan, wright and co, as a wool carrier. in 1919 the Murray shipping company was formed because of the diminishing river trade. Permewan, wright and co was merged into the Murray shipping company and the PS Oscar W.

The PS Oscar W was sold in 1942 to George Ritchie of Goolwa to be used as a tourist vessel but wartime restrictions proved too difficult to justify a refit of the PS Oscar W. a year later the PS Oscar W was sold again to the government of south Australia highways department to service ferries along the river and the PS Oscar W was converted to an oil burning streamer in 1945. the PS Oscar W was sold to a Paddy Hogg in 1960.

The PS Oscar W was moved to Mildura in 1960 and was used as a tourist vessel. famously in 1962 the PS Oscar W towed the PS Gem for 8 months to the PS Gem to her current resting place, the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement. the PS Oscar W was sold to Allan Moritz, who started to restore the PS Oscar W. unfortunately Allan Moritz passed away before the project's completion and as a result to the PS Oscar W was sold to the South Australia Tourist Commission in 1985. The Oscar W was returned to the Murray River and was steamed back to Goolwa, NSW arriving on the 31st of March 1988.

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[simoncardonefishes]

Callop (Golden Perch) fishing on the Murray River in South Australia - T...

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southaustralia

[gumnut-logic]

So many hugs to our Californian Thunderfam and those affected by the storms.

Meanwhile the top of Western Australia has received more rain in the last couple of weeks than it has in the past twenty years. Remote communities are in the middle of an inland sea.

Somewhat closer to home, South Australia is coping with the fallout of the eastern Australian floods as the waters make their way down our biggest river system. The Murray-Darling river system finds its way to the sea about 100kms south-east of Adelaide. The entire length of the river is n massive flood drowning homes and businesses. Fortunately we could see it coming and it is much gentler than any of the above and is more of a natural process. But it still makes a mess. Currently the turquoise Southern Ocean beyond the Murray Mouth is full of brown and murky water, which is washing up n our southern beaches.

Climate change is definitely a thing.

Everyone, please stay safe ::so many hugs::

Nutty

(I have never seen so much water)

[robbiefishing]

Sunset Fishing In The Murray River

Fishing in Australia's largest river, the Murray River.

[stellarheartart]

Bridge crossing the Murray River into Tooleybuc, New South Wales.

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⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ★ . . . my boyfriend’s pretty cool

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Floods and new life along the Murray

Visiting some of the flooded areas along the Murray River this week has reminded me that Nature will do what Nature will do, regardless. We often interpret things from a human perspective and in terms of damage done to the things that we have built. That is our default perspective. But think another way. A flood brings life to the Murray. It flushes out the old and stagnant, it floods…

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[simoncardonefishes]

PB Murray River Golden Perch!

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me after drawing tamaren instead of my olnf week submissions AGAINNN

based on this fic by @now-and-4ever !! it was super cute i died so many times