Australia Day Weekend at Swan Reach

It was time to move on and we decided we wanted to be off the road for the long weekend. We really wanted to be able to use the kayaks and decided the Murray River was a good option so headed to Swan Reach

Our camp spot by the Murray River

which was about 70kms from the Barossa. We were not sure how busy it would be so arrived on the Thursday so we could get a good camp spot right by the river which we did. The weather was very warm for the first few days so I enjoyed swimming in the river which was much warmer than the sea and of course we had some great kayak trips.

The cliffs on this part of the river are stunning

The river was very busy with all sorts of boats and jet skis but this old time steam house boat was pretty special. We enjoyed looking around the town of Swan Reach, it needed to be completely re built after floods in 1956 and now days really only has holiday places, a pub and a general store.

Sunset at Swan Reach