VICTORIAN BORDER near RENMARK (west along the Murray) to MORGAN.

This east west route as far as Morgan covers part of the route we took, following, as far as practical, the Murray River.
It is dual lane sealed.
Note. In general, roadside parking is only signed when it's on your left side. Not sure why, but guess to stop
one crossing to the other side of the road against oncoming traffic. This means, however, that parking spots on
the opposite side of the highway, to which we travelled, may be missed in these notes.

0 km (147.1 km) Victorian / South Australia border. There is a parking area on the north side.
Also, 0.4 km back in Victoria, there is a similar area on the south side.
[4.8 km]
4.8 km (142.3 km) Signed rest area (from east) .. south side .. large gravel loop off/on highway.
Looks similar to following area on the north side .. maybe no slope, maybe further from road.
[0.7 km]
5.5 km (141.6 km) Signed rest area (from west) .. north side .. large gravel loop off/on highway.
Class 2. 34° 16.164' S. 140° 54.372' E. Hema map 62, A 5.
Some shade, 60m max to highway, OK big rigs, weak CDMA, slight slope.
[4.4 km]
9.9 km (137.2 km) Road house .. south side. Trucks park in vicinity. Large arch over highway .. made to look like a tyre.
[2.9 km]
12.8 km (134.3 km) Junction .. south side .. to Loxton.
[6.9 km]
19.7 km (127.4 km) South side .. small loop noticed close to highway with covered table, rubbish bin. Not investigated.
[3.4 km]
23.1 km (124.0 km) Parigna Post Office .. north side.
[0.2 km]
23.3 km (123.8 km) Junction .. south side .. signed to house boat moorings and park areas. Travel 0.3 km to small parking bay on right
.. signed "no camping". Travel a further 0.3 km to The Burt Dix Memorial Park on right between road and river.
Sealed parking bay also now signed "no camping". There is a theory from local travellers that on the recent sale of
the council owned Renmark caravan park, part of the contract may have been for the council to stop camping in a number
of parks in the shire. Apparently, the signs appeared around the time of the sale!
Class 5. 34° 11.01' S. 140° 46.61' E. Hema map 62, A 5.
Most normal park failities. Had lunch there.
[0.3 km]
23.6 km (123.5 km) Centre of old narrow opening bridge across Murray River.
[3.5 km]
27.1 km (120.0 km) "T" junction .. south west (left) to Lyrup etc. .. north east (right) to Renmark city centre.
We refueled at the servo on the southern corner .. they were happy to supply us with town WATER for our tanks.
Towards the city centre there is signed "long vehicle" (caravan) parking in a loop in the median strip.
Woolworths is in the next side street to the left.
[1.9 km]
29.0 km (118.1 km) Junction .. south east side .. 23rd Street. Follow 23rd Street 1.6 km to where it makes a right hand turn ..
continue ahead 1.5 km to our camp spot between road and river.
Class 2. 34° 12.71' S. 140° 45.42' E. Hema map 62, A 5.
Some shade, river water, barely OK big rigs, good TV, good CDMA.
It's possible to continue ahead a further 1.4 km to other various camp spots.
Class 2. 3°12.98' S. 140° 45.28' E. Hema map 62, A 5.
Toilets, shade, river water, rubbish bin, barely OK big rigs, good TV, good CDMA, some sand, some overhanging branches.
[3.4 km]
32.4 km (114.7 km) Junction .. north side .. 28th Street. Travel 0.2 km around eastern edge of Rotary Park to level, medium size
gravel parking bay. Wildlife park at rear of parking bay. Water tank in park has been removed.
Class 3. Forgot to lake lat. and long. Hema map 62, A 5.
Covered tables, no shade, toilets, BBQ, rubbish bins, 50m to highway, OK big rigs, good TV, good CDMA.
[6.5 km]
38.9 km (108.2 km) Junction .. south side .. to Lyrup via ferry. Level gravel area on south west corner.
Class 3-. 34°, 14.13' S. 140° 38.74' E. Hema map 62, B 5.
No shade, 30m max to highway thus noisy, Ok big rigs.
[2.3 km]
41.2 km (105.9 km) Junction .. Sturt Highway (Berri bypass) veers north .. we veered south for old highway route through Berri.
[3.8 km]
45.0 km (102.1 km) Roundabout .. Kay Avenue to south east goes to Berri town. Straight ahead to continue west to Morgan.
[0.7 km]
45.7 km (101.4 km) Junction .. south side .. Vaughan terrace .. to Berri town .. most direct route to town centre.
[0.4 km]
46.1 km (101.0 km) Junction .. south side .. Crawford Terrace .. to Berri town centre via river just west of town.
Continue ahead to travel to Morgan. We also took the route via Crawford Terrace to various spots ..
Martins Bend camp spot, across the Berri bridge and left to Lyrup, across the Berri bridge and ahead to
Loxton, Moorook (great spot), and rejoin the Sturt Highway just west of the Kingston Bridge.
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Berri.
0 km (59.8 km) Taking Crawford Terrace to the south.
[0.2 km]
0.2 km (59.4 km) Roundabout .. Crawford Terrace. At this point it is possible to continue ahead across roundabout following
Crawford Terrace 0.7 km down to the river turning left into Riverview Drive. The info centre is ahead on the right.
Continue along Riverview Drive following signs to Martins Bend .. 3.7 km from info centre to caretakers cottage.
Free camping is permitted on side of road away from river and past the caretakers cottage. This is a pity as there
appeared to be lots of unused space on the river side of the road which gave better access to, and view of the river.
Facilities spread over a large area .. some parking amongst trees .. overhanging branches .. some sandy patches.
Class 2. 34° 17.42' S. 140° 37.75' E. Hema map 62, B 5.
Toilets, covered tables, shade, river water, rubbish bins, OK big rigs with care, good TV, good CDMA.
[0.6 km] Taking western exit from roundabout.
0.8 km (58.8 km) Murray River .. centre of arched bridge.
[0.7 km]
1.5 km (58.1 km) Junction .. east side .. Gurra Road signed 10 km to Lyrup (which we took).
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0 km Taking Gurra Road towards Lyrup.
[7.4 km]
7.4 km "T" junction .. turn left for Lyrup.
[2.0 km]
9.4 km Lyrup store .. south side. Turn north (left) then east (right) which is road to Lyrup ferry. Ellen Park is between
road and the river and to the west of the ferry. Motorhome friends here advised the "no camping" signs appeared
about the same time that the large council owned caravan park in Renmark was sold!
Class 3 to 4. (some no camping signs). 34° 15.24' S. 140° 38.81' E. Hema map 62, B 5.
Toilets, tables, shade, river water, BBQ's, 60m to road, OK big rigs, good TV, CDMA OK, playground.
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Continuing ahead towards Loxton etc.
[9.6 km]
11.1 km (48.5 km) Junction .. north east side .. main road to Lyrup and Yamba.
[10.0 km]
21.1 km (38.5 km) Roundabout .. Loxton main street to the north (right). Loxton is quite a large town with most facilities.
Other travellers report overnight camping on the river near Loxton, not investigated.
[3.5 km]
24.6 km (35.0 km) Junction .. south side .. to Murray Bridge.
[3.7 km] Extensive fruit growing area.
28.3 km (31.3 km) Signed parking bay noted .. south side .. rubbish bin, about 25m from road.
[0.2 km]
28.5 km (31.3 km) Junction .. south side .. to Swan Reach.
[24.6 km]
53.1 km (6.7 km) Moorook Recreation Reserve (signed) .. east side. Large gravel, some grassed area between road and river. Power
from green box near road well north of entrance (park on grass adjacent). Also, from grey box/water pump (where there
is the water tap) close to river .. just north of entrance (park on gravel, though this area used by water skiers.
Fee unpowered $7 pvpn, powered $10 pvpn .. collected in mornings (often only on week days) by caretaker.
* Class 1 (fee). 34° 17.34' S. 140° 22.12' E. Hema map 62, B 5.
Toilets, tables, some shade, WATER (non potable), free, clean BBQ's, rubbish bins, 50m from road (some noise),
OK big rigs, no time limit, good TV, usuable CDMA, power, boat ramp, river view, general store/public phone opposite.
[2.7 km]
55.8 km (4.0 km) Junction .. east side .. Moorook game reserve.
[3.4 km]
59.2 km (0.6 km) Small parking bay noted .. east side .. rubbish bin.
[0.6 km]
59.8 km (0 km) Junction .. Sturt Highway near Kingston on Murray.
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RENMARK to MORGAN .. continued.
[1.5 km]
47.6 km (99.5 km) Junction .. north side .. to Monash.
[5.4 km]
53.0 km (94.1 km) Glossop .. Post Office .. north side.
[4.9 km]
57.9 km (89.2 km) Junction .. north side .. to Monash.
[1.6 km]
59.5 km (87.6 km) Junction .. north side .. first entrance to Barmera.
[0.5 km]
60.0 km (87.1 km) Junction .. north side .. second entrance to Barmera.
[1.2 km]
61.2 km (85.9 km) Junction .. north side .. third entrance to Barmera.
[2.6 km]
63.8 km (83.3 km) Junction .. north side .. to Morgan. Info from another traveller was that it's possible to overnight behind
old pub at Overland Corner .. and that the owners are extremely friendly.
[1.5 km]
65.3 km (81.8 km) Junction .. north side .. to Morgan.
[4.4 km]
69.7 km (77.4 km) Murray River .. centre of bridge.
[0.3 km]
70.0 km (77.1 km) Junction .. north side .. signed lookout (camera) and rest area. Follow signs for 0.3 km to sealed parking area
close to end of Kingston Bridge .. overlooking bridge and section of river.
Class 3. 34° 13.82' S. 140° 21.91' E. Hema map 62, B 5.
Table, no shade, rubbish bin, 30m max to highway (thus noisy), OK medium size rigs.
[1.4 km]
71.4 km (75.9 km) Junction .. south side to Moorook, Loxton etc. (Note, good camp spot at Moorook).
[33.9 km]
105.3 km (41.8 km) To the east of this junction there is a gravel track parallel and to the north of the highway (between highway
and airport boundry) which gives overnight parking possibilities. The western end is used for parking by trucks.
Junction .. north side .. Holder Top Road (at western end of airstrip). Travel in 0.2 km and take Holder Bottom Road.
on left. Travel 0.7 km and take gravel track to left 0.3 km to Holder Bend and boatramp. Extremely large, level, dirt
parking area adjacent to river.
* Class 2+. 34° 11.13' S. 140° 00.73' E. Hema map 62, C 5.
Table, some shade, rubbish bin, some noise from highway, OK big rigs, no time limit, TV noted as variable depending on
parking position, good CDMA, boat ramp, parking possible adjacent to river.
[0.4 km]
105.7 km (41.4 km) Signed lookout .. north side. Travel in 0.2 km to one way circular turning area .. limited parking space.
Class 2-. 34° 11.24'S. 140° 00.73'E. Hema map 62,C 5.
Table, very little shade, rubbish bin, OK medium size rigs, good TV, good CDMA, good view of river.
[1.2 km]
106.9 km (40.2 km) Info .. north side. Bakers shop, fruit stall in vicinity.
Just west of this point, the highway bypass was closed .. we travelled via town route
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Waikerie to Blanchetown via Sturt Highway.
Just west of the above point, the Sturt Highway bypass was closed .. necessary to travel via town (? old highway) route.
We did have occasion to travel both ways Waikerie to Blanchetown (chasing our mail).
0 km (43.0 km) Start of this section in Waikerie near Mitre 10.
[20.3 km]
20.3 km (22.7 km) Signed parking (from east) .. north side. Medium size sealed loop off/on highway with extra dirt loop at rear.
Class 2. 34° 15.93' S. 139° 48.32' E. Hema map 62, C 5.
Table, little shade, rubbish bin, 40m max to highway, OK big rigs.
[17.7 km]
38.0 km (5.0 km) Junction .. north side .. to Morgan (which we initially took).
[5.0 km] Across bridge etc.
43.0 km (0 km) Junction. south side .. to Blancehtown.
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RENMARK to MORGAN .. continued.
[1.7 km]
108.6 km (38.5 km) Waikerie Post Office. Woolworths food and liquor opposite.
[5.6 km] Past Waikerie caravan park where we eventually returned to for 4 days @ $22 pvpn. We did visit them earlier at
the recomendation of the Info Centres for drinking water .. which they supplied for free!
114.2 km (32.9 km) Junction .. north side .. Ramco Point Road. Travel in, past school, 0.8 km to signed boat ramp area.
Large level dirt parking area. Apparently, there are other spots further along road towards the point.
* Class 2. 34° 09.86'S. 139° 55.82'E. Hema map 62, C 5.
Table, shelter, little shade, rubbish bin (no camping sign in that area), we stayed to west of boat ramp 50m
max to road, OK big rigs, no time limit, good TV, good CDMA, nice view of river.
[15.1 km]
129.3 km (17.8 km) Junction .. north side .. to river (sign missing at junction) We travelled 1.6 km via a
gravel road to the river. Large parking area along river bank.
* Class 1. 34°' 03.90' S. 139° 51.13' E. Hema map 62, C 5.
Shade, water from river, bush fireplaces, rubbish bins, quiet, OK big rigs,
no time limit, ABC TV + 3 channels, weak CDMA, good river views and access.
[9.1 km] Past eastern entrance to Cadell.
138.4 km (8.7 km) Junction .. north side .. west entrance to Cadell. We travelled in through Cadell (there is
a park, toilets etc in town. Just before the ferry we turned left to look at the boat ramp, but
parking space at the ramp was minimal .. maybe OK for a small rig. We turned back to junction.
[6.7 km] From above junction travelling towards Morgan.
145.1 km (2.0 km) Junction .. south to Blanchetown (from where we entred) .. west to Morgan ferry.
[0.8 km]
145.9 km (1.2 km) Entrances (on both sides of road) to Morgan Conservation Park.
34°, 02.23' S. 139°, 40.97' E. Hema map 62, D 5 at that spot.
The northen entrance looked sandy, the southern appeared to travel in to beside a lagoon .. not investigated.
[1.2 km]
147.1 km (0 km) Turn around area at rubbish bins .. south side. Ferry is immediately ahead. we turned around at that spot.
Morgan is across the river via the ferry.

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