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Morgan
The old river port

Morgan

A historic river port at the Murray’s great bend, once the busiest inland port in the state.

In the paddle-steamer era Morgan was the second-busiest port in South Australia, where river cargo met the railway to Adelaide. The grand wharf, museum and main street still echo that boom. Today Morgan is a quiet, atmospheric stop at the river’s northern bend, with ferry crossings, fishing and big-sky sunsets over the water.

What to Experience

Things to do in Morgan

14 places

Big Bend Lookout

Free

A clifftop vantage over the longest stretch of unbroken river cliffs in the southern hemisphere.

Morgan Nildottie Wildlife & Nature Heritage & History
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Cadell Ferry

A free Murray River cable ferry

A free cable ferry crossing the Murray at the small fruit-growing town of Cadell.

Morgan Cadell Family Activities Heritage & History
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Morgan Cliffs Lookout

High cliffs above the old port of Morgan

Morgan Wildlife & Nature Heritage & History
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Morgan Conservation Park

Floodplain wetlands at the river's bend

A wetland conservation park on the Murray floodplain near Morgan, rich in birdlife and laced with creeks and lagoons.

Morgan Stay Wildlife & Nature Walking & Hiking
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Morgan Ferry

A free cable ferry at the old river port of Morgan

Morgan Family Activities Heritage & History
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Morgan Museum

$

A railway-and-river museum telling the story of the colony's busiest inland port.

Morgan Heritage & History
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Morgan Riverfront Reserve

Shady riverfront lawns beneath the historic Morgan wharf, with picnic spots and river views.

Morgan Family Activities Walking & Hiking Heritage & History
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Morgan Wharf

A grand relic of the river-trade boom

The towering timber wharf at Morgan, a monument to the days when this was one of South Australia’s busiest inland ports.

Morgan Walking & Hiking Heritage & History
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Morgan's Historic Town Walk

Free

Walk the boomtown that rivalled Port Adelaide

A self-guided heritage walk around Morgan's port precinct — the towering 1877 wharf, the railway station turned museum, customs house and courthouse from the days when Morgan was SA's second-busiest port.

Morgan Walking & Hiking Heritage & History
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North West Bend Reserve

Floodplain and lagoons where the Murray turns south

Morgan Wildlife & Nature Walking & Hiking
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PS Mayflower

One of the oldest wooden-hulled paddle steamers still afloat, moored at historic Morgan.

Morgan Family Activities Heritage & History
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Scotts Creek Conservation Park

Free

Quiet floodplain reserve of red gum and lignum loops along a backwater of the lower Murray.

Morgan Caloote Wildlife & Nature Walking & Hiking
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Walker Flat Ferry & Cliffs

Free

A free 24-hour cable ferry beneath some of the most photographed limestone cliffs on the Murray.

Morgan Walker Flat Wildlife & Nature Heritage & History
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White Dam Conservation Park

Free

Black oak, bluebush and birdsong on an old stock route

An 891-hectare conservation park eight kilometres north-west of Morgan, protecting black oak woodland over bluebush plains on a former stock route — with about 91 bird species recorded.

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