Trip Table Traversing the complete Murray-Darling System 2020/21
Home Expeditions Darling River System Some key stats and milestones from the trip from my personal trip down the
Darling River System.
The trip was done in multiple sections. I first started in 2020 but equipment failure at Warwick that forced me to skip of the
lower Condamine due to flow when I restarted, then covid lockdowns / border closures when I arrived at Bourke, stopping my first trip completely.
The second trip started from Warwick in 2021, and I made it all the way to the ocean, but I had to car portage from St George to Walgett
because of a complete stopage of water being released from Beardmore Dam.
Some key stats and milestones from the trip from my second trip down the
Darling River System, starting from the source of the Condamine.
Date
Day
Location
Details
Total
Active
Accom
2020‑06‑04 Thu 20 20 Mt Superbus 2020‑06‑03 Wed 19 19 Source 19 19 First crossing 2020‑02‑14 Fri 1 1 First crossing Lower Gorge Tent 2020‑02‑15 Sat 2 2 Killarney Farmland Tent 2020‑02‑16 Sun 3 3 Farmland Bivvy 2020‑02‑17 Mon 4 4 Bridge, Craike Rd Tent 2020‑02‑18 Tue 5 5 Farmland Tent 2020‑02‑19 Wed 6 6 Warwick Victoria St Bridge 2021‑04‑09 Fri 20 20 Victoria St Bridge Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑10 Sat 21 21 Talgai Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑11 Sun 22 22 Split Yarramalong Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑12 Mon 23 23 Lemon Tree Weir Riverbank Bivvy 2021‑04‑13 Tue 24 24 Cecil Plains Weir Tipton Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑14 Wed 25 25 Loudon Weir, Dalby Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑15 Thu 26 26 Warra Weir Riverbank Bivvy 2021‑04‑16 Fri 27 27 Chinchilla Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑17 Sat 28 28 Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑18 Sun 29 29 Condamine Reilys Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑19 Mon 30 30 Cotsworld Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑20 Tue 31 31 Dogwood Ck Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑21 Wed 32 32 Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑22 Thu 33 33 Surat Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑23 Fri 34 Riverbank Tent 2021‑04‑24 Sat 35 Beside Dam Bivy 2021‑04‑25 Sun 36 Beardmore Dam St George Camping Ground Tent 2020‑03‑10 Tue Surat Bivvy 2020‑03‑11 Wed 7 7 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑12 Thu 8 8 Island, Lake Kajarabie Tent 2020‑03‑13 Fri 9 9 Beardmore Dam St George Gravel river beach Tent 2020‑03‑14 Sat 10 10 Culgoa River Head Tent 2020‑03‑15 Sun 11 11 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑16 Mon 12 12 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑17 Tue 13 13 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑18 Wed 14 14 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑19 Thu 15 15 Weilmoringle Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑20 Fri 16 16 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑21 Sat 17 17 Darling River Head 17 Riverbank Tent 2020‑03‑22 Sun 18 North Bourke Tent 2021‑05‑01 Sat 37 Walgett (Namoi River) Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑02 Sun 38 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑03 Mon 39 Macquarie River Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑04 Tue 40 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑05 Wed 41 Brewarrina Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑06 Thu 42 Darling River Head Bivvy 2021‑05‑07 Fri 18 43 North Bourke Bourke Bourke Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑08 Sat 19 44 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑09 Sun 20 45 Warrego River Louth Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑10 Mon 21 46 Louth Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑11 Tue 22 47 Tilpa Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑12 Wed 23 48 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑13 Thu 24 49 Paroo River Wilcannia Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑14 Fri 25 50 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑15 Sat 26 51 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑16 Sun 27 52 Main Weir Menindee Weir 32 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑17 Mon 28 53 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑18 Tue 29 54 Darling Anabranch Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑19 Wed 30 54 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑20 Thu 31 55 Pooncarie Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑21 Fri 32 56 Burtundy Weir Ellerslie / Palinyewah Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑22 Sat 33 57 Wentworth Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑22 Sat Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑23 Sun 34 58 Wentworth Weir Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑24 Mon 35 59 Lock 9 Lock 8 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑25 Tue 36 60 Lock 7 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑26 Wed 37 61 Lock 6 Renmark (Lock 5) Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑27 Thu 38 62 Berri Katarapko Creek Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑28 Fri 63 Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑29 Sat 39 64 Loxton Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑30 Sun 40 65 Moorook Riverbank Tent 2021‑05‑31 Mon 65 Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑01 Tue 41 65 Waikerie Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑02 Wed 66 Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑03 Thu 42 67 Morgan Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑04 Fri 43 68 Blanchetown Swan Reach Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑05 Sat 44 69 Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑06 Sun 45 70 Mannum Riverbank Tent 2021‑06‑07 Mon 46 71 Murray Bridge Tailem Bend Lake Alexandrina Beach Bivvy 2021‑06‑08 Tue 47 72 Beach Tent 2021‑06‑09 Wed 73 Beach Tent 2021‑06‑10 Thu 48 74 Camping ground Tent 2021‑06‑11 Fri 49 75 Murray River Mouth Camping ground Tent 2021‑06‑12 Sat 76 Coorong Tent 2021‑06‑13 Sun 77 Coorong Tent 2021‑06‑14 Mon 78 Camping ground Tent
Map for the 2020 trips
Source First crossing Killarney Warwick Beardmore Dam St George Weilmoringle Darling River Head Campsites Access Points Mountains
Map for the 2021 trip
(1) Talgai Weir (2) Split (3) Yarramalong Weir (4) Lemon Tree Weir (5) Cecil Plains Weir (6) Tipton Weir (7) Loudon Weir, Dalby (8) Warra Weir (9) Chinchilla Weir (10) Condamine (11) Reilys Weir (12) Cotsworld Weir (13) Dogwood Ck (14) Surat (15) Beardmore Dam (16) St George (17) Walgett (Namoi River) (18) Macquarie River (19) Brewarrina (20) North Bourke (21) Bourke (22) Bourke Weir (23) Warrego River (24) Louth (25) Louth Weir (26) Tilpa (27) Paroo River (28) Wilcannia (29) Main Weir (30) Menindee (31) Weir 32 (32) Darling Anabranch (33) Pooncarie (34) Burtundy Weir (35) Ellerslie / Palinyewah (36) Wentworth (37) Wentworth Weir (38) Lock 9 (39) Lock 8 (40) Lock 7 (41) Lock 6 (42) Renmark (Lock 5) (43) Berri (44) Katarapko Creek (45) Loxton (46) Moorook (47) Waikerie (48) Morgan (49) Blanchetown (50) Swan Reach (51) Mannum (52) Murray Bridge (53) Tailem Bend (54) Lake Alexandrina (55) Murray River Mouth Campsites Access Point
