We went on a beautifully tranquil river cruise today. The tour goes up stream on the mighty Murchison River and the scenery is really quite spectacular. The water was dead calm and smooth as silk. A bump free ride.
The people who run this trip are very knowledgeable and obviously love their little bit of this magnificent country we all call home. They gave us morning tea along the way. Very nice.
We saw lots of birds and even a white faced heron which I am told is considered a rare sight. There was quite a few pelicans and terns as well.
Very pleasing to see so many other small boats out on the water. Plenty of locals fishing and others having picnics on the river banks. The local boat hire place put five sets of picnic tables along the river. Very community spirited of them.
At one point we pulled into the bank and everyone got out to stretch their legs. The more energetic climbed to the top of a small hill. Up past that hill was another that had a lot of small caves and we could clearly see some small kangaroos in one of them.
On the return to town we went and had a close look at the river mouth. Quite scary watching the waves crashing and rolling around in the channel. I am glad I did not see that before our trip through the mouth yesterday or I would never have gone on that tour!
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