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Park - Katarapko Bakara Conservation Park Rilli Reserve Media Island Conservation Park Lyrup Forest Murtho Forest Reserve Reny Island Hunchee Island Little Hunchee Island Chowilla Island New South Wales South Australia Victoria Chowilla Nil Nil Reedy Island Punkah Island Isle Of Man Game Reserve Calperum Pastoral Lease Riverland Biosphere Reserve Chowilla Regional Reserve Riverland Biosphere Reserve Margaret Dowling Picnic area Murtho Forest Landing Calperum Station Plushs Bend Picnic area Martins Bend Picnic area Picnic area Lake Bonney Watchels Lagoon Ross Lagoon Broken Cliffs Little Toolunka Flat Markaranka Flat Morphetts Flat Taylor Flat Hart Lagoon Hogwash Bend Murbpook Lagoon Donald Flat Lagoon Nor West Bend Weston Flat Lagoon Morgan Con. Park Whites Dam Con. Park Loch Luna Game Reserve Moorook Game Reserve Pooginook Conservation Park Maize Island Con. Park Stockland Plain Disposal Basin Reserve Key from Waikerie VIC Roonka Conservation Park Thiele’s Sandbar Daisy Bates Reserve Yamba Quarantine Station Pinnaroo Bordertown Mt Gambier Tailem Bend Murray Bridge Adelaide Walker Flat Mannum Adelaide Barossa Valley Adelaide Barossa Valley Eudunda Gawler Burra Flinders Ranges Pt Augusta Mildura Broken Hill Sydney Wentworth Swan Reach Blanchetown Notts Well New Well Maggea Myrla Wappilka Yinkanie Moorook Lowbank Ramco Qualco Murbko Holder Loveday Cobdogla Overland Corner Kingston- on-Murray Wunkar Murray River 26 95 Lock 1 Wigley Flat 35 58 13 40 43 39 Lock 2 Taylorville Weston Flat Cadell Murray River Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone Taylorville Pastoral Lease Riverland Biosphere Reserve Gluepot Reserve Birds Australia Riverland Biosphere Reserve Gluepot Reserve Information and Visitor Resource Centre Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone ‘Sampsons Well’ STURT HWY 33 Murray River Sunlands North Brenda Park Wombats Rest Pelican Point Scotts Creek Sunlands South Morgan STURT HWY unsealed road Notts Well Lowbank Renmark Berri Barmera Loxton Paringa Lyrup Winkie Glossop Monash Bookpurnong Pyap Gerard Aboriginal Land Lyrup Heights Loxton North New Residence Gerard Community Taldra Bugle Hut Nangari STURT HWY Cooltong Chowilla Wilkadene Customs House Store Lock 6 Lock 5 Lock 4 Lock 3 14 18 22 37 26 18 39 21 Pike River Con. Park Cooltong Conservation Park Murray - Sunset National Park Nelbuck Island Ral Ral Murray River Nat. Park Murray River Nat. Park Murray River Nat. Park - Katarapko Bakara Conservation Park Rilli Reserve Media Island Conservation Park Lyrup Forest Murtho Forest Reserve Reny Island Hunchee Island Little Hunchee Island Chowilla Island New South Wales South Australia Victoria Chowilla Nil Nil Reedy Island Punkah Island Isle Of Man Game Reserve Calperum Pastoral Lease Riverland Biosphere Reserve Chowilla Regional Reserve Riverland Biosphere Reserve Margaret Dowling Picnic area Murtho Forest Landing Calperum Station Plushs Bend Picnic area Martins Bend Picnic area Picnic area Lake Bonney Watchels Lagoon Ross Lagoon Broken Cliffs Little Toolunka Flat Markaranka Flat Morphetts Flat Taylor Flat Hart Lagoon Hogwash Bend Murbpook Lagoon Donald Flat Lagoon Nor West Bend Weston Flat Lagoon Morgan Con. Park Whites Dam Con. Park Loch Luna Game Reserve Moorook Game Reserve Pooginook Conservation Park Maize Island Con. Park Stockland Plain Disposal Basin Reserve Key from Waikerie VIC Roonka Conservation Park Thiele’s Sandbar Daisy Bates Reserve Yamba Quarantine Station Pinnaroo Bordertown Mt Gambier Tailem Bend Murray Bridge Adelaide Walker Flat Mannum Adelaide Barossa Valley Adelaide Barossa Valley Eudunda Gawler Burra Flinders Ranges Pt Augusta Mildura Broken Hill Sydney Wentworth Swan Reach Blanchetown New Well Maggea Myrla Wappilka Yinkanie Moorook Lowbank Ramco Qualco Murbko Holder Loveday Cobdogla Overland Corner Kingston- on-Murray Wunkar Murray River 26 95 Lock 1 Wigley Flat 35 58 13 40 43 39 Lock 2 Taylorville Weston Flat Cadell Murray River Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone Taylorville Pastoral Lease Riverland Biosphere Reserve Gluepot Reserve Birds Australia Riverland Biosphere Reserve Gluepot Reserve Information and Visitor Resource Centre Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone ‘Sampsons Well’ STURT HWY 33 Murray River Sunlands North Brenda Park Wombats Rest Pelican Point Scotts Creek Sunlands South Morgan STURT HWY unsealed road unsealed and remote road unsealed and remote road unsealed and remote road unsealed and remote road 3 2 N M 1 L K J H G F E D C B A A 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N M L K J H G F E D C B 8 7 6 5 4 Waikerie is home to the largest citris packing house in the Southern Hemisphere. Quality fresh fruit is available at roadside stalls. An extensive riverside park caters or sporting activites including tennis, rowing and waterskiing. A clifftop walk and lookout offers a panorama over orchards and river flats to lagoons which attract flocks of waterfowl. Waikerie Nor’ West Scenic Drive Waikerie Nor’ West Scenic Drive Blanchetown’s early importance related to service as a stopover and watering place for mail contractors and coaches. The area is strongly associated with explorer John Eyre who lived nearby at Moorundie. Blanchetown also is home to Lock 1, the first on the Murray River built in 1922. There was some 60,000 tons of stone and hundreds of red gum piles driven 30 feet into the river bed during construction. Blanchetown offers spectacular cliff top views. Cities Adelaide 179 • Melbourne 790 Sydney 1266 • Canberra 1054 Local region Loxton 74 • Kingston 36 • Morgan 39 Blanchetown 44 • Berri 62 • Monash 58 Barmera 48 • Renmark 80 • Mildura 216 Barossa 109 • Mannum 128 Like the pages of a geological book, the layered limestone cliffs between Overland Corner and Mannum are millions of years old. Some of the steeply cut cliffs were created between 25,000 and 16,000 years ago and are a respository of fossils and Aboriginal artifacts. The ochres of the cliffs are best observed in the early morning and afternoon Village settlements: Faced with loss of population, unemployment and the associated social ills caused by a Depression, the South Australian Government of the 1890s proposed a bold social experiment realised by the eleven communial village settlements initiated in 1894 at sites including Waikerie, Lyrup and Kingston. This layed the foundations for the Riverland’s successful horticultural industry. Kingston-on-Murray was once a major crossing where 2 ferries worked. The Kingston bridge was completed in 1975. Now you can stop at a quiet riveside town and take the time to visit the internationally renown Banrock Station Wine and Visitors Centre for a wonderful meal and stroll around the local boardwalk and wetlands. Situated 64km north of Waikerie on an unsealed road, Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve is Australia’s largest community managed and operated conservation reserve. The reserve is managed and operated entirely by volunteers. Some 54,000 ha is size, it is home to 18 nationally threatened species of birds, 53 species of reptiles and 12 species of bats, some of which are nationally threatened. Enjoy the Michael Hyde Visitor Centre on your trip. Enjoy the Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive through the Riverland. This loop takes in some interesting and diverse landscapes, lagoons, towns and waterways. Heading across the free ferry to Overland Corner Hotel, call in on Lock 3, down past Napiers Ruins near Barmera and Lake Bonney. Turn right along the winding river road of Cobdogla past Watchels Lagoon. Turn left towards Moorook and scenic drive town to Loxton. Head up towards Berri where you can go over the bridge or take an alternative loop to the Lyrup Ferry. Head back towards Monash and the Adventure playground then back along the Sturt Highway towards Kingston-on- Murray and Banrock Station for a wonderful meal and boardwalk through the wetlands and back to Waikerie. Enjoy the Waikerie Nor-West Scenic Drive towards Morgan and Blanchetown. Take the ferry across the Murray towards Taylorville and call in on Lock 2, continue on past Weston Flat and take the turn off to Cadell on the Ferry. Follow the signs to Morgan and across the Ferry to the Morgan riverfront. Come back on the Morgan Ferry and head south to Blanchetown with picturesque cliff views and follow the Sturt Highway back to Waikerie. Some roads are remote in the Murray Mallee region. Please take care and notify someone of your travels in the region. If your car does break down stay with it and ensure you carry plenty of drinking water. Overland Corner is the hub of an intriguing local history. This site was a busy way station on the rough overland stock and mail routes. Now operated as a pub and museum the extent of the 1956 flood is evident half way up the rough stone walls of the old hotel (c.1859). Gather an insight into the Aboriginal and European heritage by walking the 8km trail. Barmera is situated on the shore of Lake Bonney. Barmera is a regional focus of watersport activities. The town claims the title of the Country Music Capital of South Australia by holding annual industry awards. You can explore Rocky’s Hall of Fame Pioneers Museum. Renmark is the oldest Riverland town (1887). The impressive white facade of the heritage listed Renmark Hotel stands tall. While the Renmark Club overlooks the Murray River. Enjoy musuems, walking trails and galleries. The Riveland is a fruit fly free zone. You are not permitted to take fruit and vegetables into the Riverland. Fines applied for undeclared fruit. Morgan has a vibrant local history and local historic town walk. The Port of Morgan was a hive of activity and only second to Port Adelaide in South Australia. the massive timber wharf (once 190m long) was busy with paddle steamers of the late 19th century. You can visit the local museum in the Landseer building or enjoy the local river front. Cadell was named after Captain Francis Cadell who, with Captain William Randell, initiated steam navigation on the Murray Darling river system. The district’s orchards and vineyards are situated in an ancient river loop or basin near the great Nor West Bend. Enjoy the riverside park just down from the Ferry Loxton has been serving the local community since 1895 and rapidly expanded with irrigation. There is a strong German heritage associated with the early settlers. These pioneers made this flood-free town the garden centre of the Riverland. Visit the historical village, walk a nature trail or discover the ‘tree of knowledge’. Berri has a strong administrative focus in the Riverland. Citrus and vine fruits are the backbone of the local economy. An avenue of jacaranda trees draws the visitor to riverside gardens and lawns where the memorial to gentle Jimmy James stands. Visit the impressive Wilabalangaloo Reserve or climb the water tower for impressive views. Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive River crossings: Free 24 hour ferries operate at some river towns, while bridges span the Murray on the Sturt Highway. Ferries - Waikerie: Heron, Lyrup: Plover, Cadell: Ibis, Morgan: Coot, Swan Reach: Albatross II Bridges - Blanchetown, Berri, Paringa, Kingston-on-Murray Scan QR code for Waikerie.com mobile website Distances (km) Legend Waikerie weather Remote Roads Lock Weir & Lookout Playground Picnic spot Ferry Bird/Birdhide Walking Trail Winery Canoeing Visitor Information Centre Visitor Information Outlet Lock & Weir No Fruit or Veg Historic Fruit Stall hrs Waikerie - Elevation 42m °C 33.0 15.2 16 11.3 31.9 15.1 22 10.3 29.0 13.3 12 9.3 20.0 7.9 23 6.7 24.6 10.3 17 7.9 17.5 5.4 25 5.9 24.8 10.0 26 9.7 21.1 7.7 24 7.9 18.3 5.9 24 8.1 16.5 5.0 21 7.0 28.0 11.9 19 10.2 30.0 13.1 19 10.9 MAX MIN m m Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec P e r th Da r win Brisbane Sydney Canberra Melbourne Hobart Alice Springs Perth Darwin Brisbane Sydney Canberra Melbourne Hobart Adelaide Adelaide Bro k en Hill Broken Hill Alice Springs Northern T erritory Queensland W estern Australia South Australia New South W ales T asmania V ictoria A CT Northern Territory Queensland Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Tasmania Victoria ACT Waikerie Waikerie
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Waikerie is home to the largest citris packing house in the Southern Hemisphere. Quality fresh fruit is available at roadside stalls. An extensive riverside park caters or sporting activites including tennis, rowing and waterskiing. A clifftop walk and lookout offers a panorama over orchards and river flats to lagoons which attract flocks of waterfowl.
Waikerie Nor’ West Scenic Drive
Waikerie Nor’ West Scenic Drive
Blanchetown’s early importance related to service as a stopover and watering place for mail contractors and coaches. The area is strongly associated with explorer John Eyre who lived nearby at Moorundie. Blanchetown also is home to Lock 1, the first on the Murray River built in 1922. There was some 60,000 tons of stone and hundreds of red gum piles driven 30 feet into the river bed during construction. Blanchetown offers spectacular cliff top views.
CitiesAdelaide 179 • Melbourne 790Sydney 1266 • Canberra 1054 Local regionLoxton 74 • Kingston 36 • Morgan 39Blanchetown 44 • Berri 62 • Monash 58Barmera 48 • Renmark 80 • Mildura 216Barossa 109 • Mannum 128
Like the pages of a geological book, the layered limestone cliffs between Overland Corner and Mannum are millions of years old. Some of the steeply cut cliffs were created between 25,000 and 16,000 years ago and are a respository of fossils and Aboriginal artifacts. The ochres of the cliffs are best observed in the early morning and afternoon
Village settlements: Faced with loss of population, unemployment and the associated social ills caused by a Depression, the South Australian Government of the 1890s proposed a bold social experiment realised by the eleven communial village settlements initiated in 1894 at sites including Waikerie, Lyrup and Kingston. This layed the foundations for the Riverland’s successful horticultural industry.
Kingston-on-Murray was once a major crossing where 2 ferries worked. The Kingston bridge was completed in 1975. Now you can stop at a quiet riveside town and take the time to visit the internationally renown Banrock Station Wine and Visitors Centre for a wonderful meal and stroll around the local boardwalk and wetlands.
Situated 64km north of Waikerie on an unsealed road, Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve is Australia’s largest community managed and operated conservation reserve. The reserve is managed and operated entirely by volunteers. Some 54,000 ha is size, it is home to 18 nationally threatened species of birds, 53 species of reptiles and 12 species of bats, some of which are nationally threatened. Enjoy the Michael Hyde Visitor Centre on your trip.
Enjoy the Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive through the Riverland. This loop takes in some interesting and diverse landscapes, lagoons, towns and waterways. Heading across the free ferry to Overland Corner Hotel, call in on Lock 3, down past Napiers Ruins near Barmera and Lake Bonney. Turn right along the winding river road of Cobdogla past Watchels Lagoon. Turn left towards Moorook and scenic drive town to Loxton. Head up towards Berri where you can go over the bridge or take an alternative loop to the Lyrup Ferry. Head back towards Monash and the Adventure playground then back along the Sturt Highway towards Kingston-on-Murray and Banrock Station for a wonderful meal and boardwalk through the wetlands and back to Waikerie.
Enjoy the Waikerie Nor-West Scenic Drive towards Morgan and Blanchetown. Take the ferry across the Murray towards Taylorville and call in on Lock 2, continue on past Weston Flat and take the turn off to Cadell on the Ferry. Follow the signs to Morgan and across the Ferry to the Morgan riverfront. Come back on the Morgan Ferry and head south to Blanchetown with picturesque cliff views and follow the Sturt Highway back to Waikerie.
Some roads are remote in the Murray Mallee region. Please take care and notify someone of your travels in the region. If your car does break down stay with it and ensure you carry plenty of drinking water.
Overland Corner is the hub of an intriguing local history. This site was a busy way station on the rough overland stock and mail routes. Now operated as a pub and museum the extent of the 1956 flood is evident half way up the rough stone walls of the old hotel (c.1859). Gather an insight into the Aboriginal and European heritage by walking the 8km trail.
Barmera is situated on the shore of Lake Bonney. Barmera is a regional focus of watersport activities. The town claims the title of the Country Music Capital of South Australia by holding annual industry awards. You can explore Rocky’s Hall of Fame Pioneers Museum.
Renmark is the oldest Riverland town (1887). The impressive white facade of the heritage listed Renmark Hotel stands tall. While the Renmark Club overlooks the Murray River. Enjoy musuems, walking trails and galleries.
The Riveland is a fruit fly free zone. You are not permitted to take fruit and vegetables into the Riverland. Fines applied for undeclared fruit.
Morgan has a vibrant local history and local historic town walk. The Port of Morgan was a hive of activity and only second to Port Adelaide in South Australia. the massive timber wharf (once 190m long) was busy with paddle steamers of the late 19th century. You can visit the local museum in the Landseer building or enjoy the local river front.
Cadell was named after Captain Francis Cadell who, with Captain William Randell, initiated steam navigation on the Murray Darling river system. The district’s orchards and vineyards are situated in an ancient river loop or basin near the great Nor West Bend. Enjoy the riverside park just down from the Ferry
Loxton has been serving the local community since 1895 and rapidly expanded with irrigation. There is a strong German heritage associated with the early settlers. These pioneers made this flood-free town the garden centre of the Riverland. Visit the historical village, walk a nature trail or discover the ‘tree of knowledge’.
Berri has a strong administrative focus in the Riverland. Citrus and vine fruits are the backbone of the local economy. An avenue of jacaranda trees draws the visitor to riverside gardens and lawns where the memorial to gentle Jimmy James stands. Visit the impressive Wilabalangaloo Reserve or climb the water tower for impressive views.
Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive
Waikerie Wetlands Scenic Drive
River crossings: Free 24 hour ferries operate at some river towns, while bridges span the Murray on the Sturt Highway. Ferries - Waikerie: Heron, Lyrup: Plover, Cadell: Ibis, Morgan: Coot, Swan Reach: Albatross IIBridges - Blanchetown, Berri, Paringa, Kingston-on-Murray
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