Tag: Australian Rivers

Charles Sturt and the search for the inland sea

In 1844, the explorer Captain Charles Sturt set out with a large party into the central Australia to find what he believed would be the Australia inland sea. This latest course of exploration had begun at Narrandera, onto Balranald where the party crossed the Murrumbidgee river towards the Simpson desert.

The Franklin River, Tasmania

The Franklin River itself winds its way 125km south-west through the wilderness national park, from its source in the alpine lakes of the Cheyne Ranges to its confluence at the Gordon River.

The South and East Alligator Rivers, Northern Territory

The Alligator Rivers area in the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia is home to some of the richest biological diversity and most stunning landscapes in the country.

The Ord River, Western Australia

The mighty Ord River in the eastern Kimberley region of Western Australia is one of the country’s most significant waterways, home to spectacular scenery.

Pooncarie, New South Wales

Pooncarie Pooncarie is a delightful village in south-western New South Wales, Australia, sloping on the eastern banks of the Darling River along the route from Wentworth to Menindee and Broken Hill. Known locally as ‘The Port’, during the 19th century it was a thriving port town frequented by paddle steamers transporting wool downstream along the […]

The Hawkesbury River

The Hawkesbury River Located just an hour’s drive northwest of Australia’s largest metropolitan city of Sydney, The Hawkesbury River region is a peaceful, and serene landscape with all the hallmarks of a flourishing rural agricultural region, replete with farmers markets, fruit and orchard picking and more. Dubbed in its early colonial days as the ‘Nile […]

Kununurra, Western Australia

Kununurra, Western Australia Located along Western Australia‘s Kimberley coast, Kununurra is a small town nestled in Australia’s east Kimberley region, renowned for its incredible natural beauty, awesome infrastructure works, and exhilarating outdoors experiences. Like many towns in Australia’s largest state, Kununurra is a fair distance away from some of the next major towns, with Broome […]

Wentworth, New South Wales

A charming historic town situated on the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers in southwestern New South Wales. Once Australia’s busiest inland river port frequented by paddle steamers, many historic buildings remain today from its heyday including the Old Gaol, the Courthouse, the Convent and the Customs House.

Wilcannia, New South Wales

Wilcannia was once the third largest inland port in all of Australia. During the great river boat era of the mid-19th century, the port thrived as wheat and wool was transported along the Darling River by paddle-steamer.

Appreciating Australian River Systems

Australian Rivers By Marco Stojanovik Australian rivers have shaped the country from the moment the first Indigenous people arrived tens of thousands of years ago through European occupation until today. Supplying the vital ingredients of life and supporting a significant amount of biodiversity, they have also played a significant cultural and economic role, a means […]

Understanding the Channel Country, Australia

The Channel Country By Marco Stojanovik The Channel Country constitutes some of the most distinctive landscape in Australia: wide open flat alluvial terrain that is essentially desert that floods after heavy rainfall. An estimated 280,000 sq km, it covers the south-west of Queensland, a birth of the north-west corner of South Australia, and a small […]

The Murray River, Australia

The Murray River The mighty Murray River, Australia’s longest river and main stream of the Murray Darling Basin, flows some 2,700 km across south-eastern Australia. Rising in the Australian Alps, it drains the western side of Australia’s highest mountains before meandering north westerly across Australia’s inland plains, forming the border between the states of New […]

Bourke, New South Wales

Bourke, Outback NSW: Explored for small group tours By Marco Stojanovik “If you know Bourke, you know Australia,” wrote the famous Australian poet Henry Lawson in 1910. Lying on the edge of a desert at the start of Outback Australia, you can’t get much closer to the essence of the Australian land. Bourke is located […]

Echuca and Murray-Darling Trade, Victoria

Echuca and Murray-Darling Trade, Victoria The ‘paddle-steamer capital of the world’, Echuca on the Murray River might be Victoria‘s prettiest small town. The name Echuca is an Yorta Yorta Aboriginal word meaning ‘meeting of the waters’. It is here that three great rivers meet: the Goulburn, the Campaspe, and the Murray. The Yorta Yorta were […]

Lake Argyle, Australia

Lake Argyle, Australia Lake Argyle, Western Australia. An immense man-made reservoir in the remote East Kimberley, Australia, Lake Argyle has transformed the surrounding landscape, creating a beautiful marine environment and refuge for local fauna. The traditional Aboriginal owners of the lands around what is now Lake Argyle are the Miriwoong Gajerrong peoples, who called the […]

Halls Creek, Western Australia

in Halls Creek, one of the region’s remote towns, and you’ll discover a fascinating gold rush history as part of the stories on a Odyssey Traveller small group tour.