welshpom

We went on a houseboat trip on the River Murray last week.

Highly recommended way to see a different view of South Australia..

http://www.hartill.net/Murray/

fireeater

Nice pics

Where abouts were you?

manxfamily

Dont mean to nitpick but isnt it The Murray River not the River Murray?

fireeater

Everything's upside down once you get here

manxfamily

So when I arrive in Queensland I can go the the Coast Gold?

fireeater

If you want....or stay in Banebris...it's all no worries over here

gogdownunder

Particularily the flow of water in the River Yarra

fireeater

Yeah, it ws looking a bit muddy the other day when I was in the CBD

michellemac

No - its really is called The River Murray. I don't know why though!

Michelle

welshpom

Mannum to Swan Reach.

welshpom

both are acceptable, as are "River Severn" and "River Thames".

welshpom

The Murray runs upstream when the wind blows from the south. Australia's biggest freshwater lake is almost at the end of the Murray and its contents shifts in strong winds sending water upstream for over 100 miles.

manxfamily

Yes but my point is, geographically, when talking about river names Australian ones are usually name first eg The Murray River, The Darling River.

Whereas the in the UK they tend to be The River Thames, or The River Severn.

I've never heard the Thames called The Thames River. Just as I’ve never heard The Murray River called The River Murray.

Is it just me?

OzTennis

Yeah, that's the convention - the Murray River, the Lachlan River, the Yarra River etc. Which reminds me of a funny story of one of my Geography lessons at school. One of my pals was called Murray and all the girls fancied him. The teacher asked one of the girls to name 2 rivers in NSW and she moaned out in an exaggerated way, 'Oh, Murray, Darling' to everyone's amusement (apart from the teacher).

You are the Aussie on the Isle of Man aren't you? We're in SW Scotland and on a good day down at the coast we look across to the Isle of Man.

They are excellent photos of the 'River Murray' and other things Welshpom.

OzTennis

michellemac

I am an Aussie and we were taught "River Murray" at school. But it might jsut be because there is also a "Murray River" in Western Australia which is where I went to school.

Michelle