The Murray River played an enormous role in the European settlement of the huge plains of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Water is a basic requirement for life and agriculture. In the early days, transport of supplies and export of produce was probably the co-driver of development in this region. We have stayed for a couple of nights at the NSW town of Moana, and walked across the Murray (via bridge) to Victoria, and to be sure , the town on that side of the bridge had to be different, Echuca. This area is very popular with Melbournians for weekends and school holidays with plenty to do for the kids, and much wine to be sampled by the parents, not to mention the very good quality citrus fruit grown in this area.. We watched
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