I Think I'll Ride My Bike
I think I'll ride my bike along a river. South Australia, being the dryest state in a very dry continent, is slightly lacking in the river department. The state's longest and largest river, the Onkaparinga, comes in at a whopping 88km and for most of its journey is barely more than a creek. That's not to say that South Australia doesn't have river credentials in the shape of the Murray, it just has to share the Murray with Victoria and NSW. And Queensland, if you include the Darling and assorted other tributaries. The Murray Darling River system starts at The Head in Killarney, a scant 200km from the sea but on the wrong side of the ridge to take the short route to the east coast. Instead the waters that fall at the Head make their way into the Condamine and start a long journey to eventually meet the ocean at Goolwa in South Australia. Along the way the river shows a remarkable reluctance to go to the sea, changing names, gathering tributaries, and losing itself i...