Fun on the Murray River A houseboat on the Murray isn’t really complete without a speed boat to provide additional entertainment and a bit of exercise. Les, Daniel’s step-dad, owns such a boat and is an expert water-skier. We all spent the long hot days having great fun knee-boarding and learning how to ski, not to mention taking delight in the big crashes and face-plants that come with learning a new water sport. We had a few injuries along the way, a badly pulled hamstring (not Dan's thankfully) and a few painful backs and necks. Daniel had developed the bug for water-skiing, with a goal of learning to slalom (single ski), and as the water is flattest and quietest early in the morning there was no time Natalie to have lie-ins so a few loops would
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