Farming land, amazing lakes and wetlands, and outcrops of riverside bushland stretch up through Cohuna and the still backwaters around Barham Koondrook. The land dries and farms spread around Swan Hill.
Here’s where the Murray River gets genuinely mighty: its ancient history revealed as its gentle curved flow turns into tight corners winding through Robinvale Euston. Spectacular golden riverbank cliffs emerge past Mildura Wentworth, as the land turns gradually to desert and the river crosses to South Australia and finally to the sea.