If you’re old enough (like me) you’ll remember Gerry & the Pacemakers, an English invasion band that had a 1965 hit called “Ferry Across the Mersey.” Today we took an early morning ferry across the Murray.
Americans may have a little trouble believing this but the narrow stream shown in this photo is the largest river in Australia. They called it the Mighty Murray. That’s pretty much everything you need to know about Australian aridity.