Murray, Darling?

I love looking at the lie of the land from a plane, how land is divided up, regularity of plots, irrigation, that sort of thing. Had a great flight from Brisbane to Adelaide today and was transfixed by a river we flew along which didn't only have oxbow lakes but had oxbows on oxbows! O-level geography never mentioned that as a possibility! This evening it's become clear to me again how I was in IT for so long because I've spent a bit of time geekily finding the route then matching my pics to google maps. Easy enough to find that coming into Adelaide it's the Murray River, but what I'm thrilled to realise is that we flew over the confluence of the Darling with the Murray. Love it. I knew those rivers when I was a kid with a map with stick-on place names. Big thrill to see them 🙄

As far as Adelaide goes I haven't done anything other than buy crumpets, avocado dip, beetroot crisps and milk from a petrol station, but the initial feel is different to Brisbane. Maybe I've been infuenced by not having a view of the Central Business District as we flew in - that's very impressive in Brisbane, but then it has twice the population. Adelaide seems flatter and more sprawling. See what tomorrow brings!Read more