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From
its
youthful
beginnings
high
in
the
Snowy
Mountains
above
Corryong
to
its
meeting
with
the
sea
at
Encounter
Bay,
the
Murray
River
gently
slides
across
the
wide
open
lands
of
the
continent.
It
passes
thriving
river
port
towns,
rich
farmlands
dotted
with
old
homesteads
and
deserts,
parched
by
the
Australian
sun.
The
banks
are
lined
with
massive
red
gums.
Billabongs
loop
off
lazily
and
sandy
beaches
are
found
in
the
nooks
and
crannies
along
its
2756
kilometre
path.
As
for
the
sun
-
there
seems
to
be
so
much
of
it.
The
river
is
like
a
huge
magnet,
dragging
along
the
sunshine
wherever
it
goes.
And
its
magnetic
presence
is
strengthened
by
the
many
riverside
towns
which
are
dotted
along
its
banks.
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