Day 28

640 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Menindee

This section of the river is under the influence of the Menindee weir, even though it is about 120 km downstream. That means the river level is higher than it would be naturally and that there is minimal current. That made the 44km paddle into Nelia Gaari Station an all day ordeal. Greg, who with Lily runs the station, was very helpful and showed me how to get to the campsites which were a bit further down river, and it was only me and another grey nomad couple camping there. A couple of hours later he came over in his ute with his 3 dogs and gave me an esky with 4 ice cold beers! We had a nice chat for an hour or so. Fantastic country hospitality!
On another note, I have noticed all the dead fish I have seen (20 - 30 in total maybe) all seem to be the same size, about 40cm, and species. My cheat sheet on native fish shows they could be silver perch?? Maybe their capacity to live in low oxygenated water is not as good as other species. Interestingly the pelicans swim right past them even though they look as though they have just died. For further research...
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