Pike River Wetlands
A major floodplain and anabranch system near Paringa, recently reconnected for environmental flows.
The Pike floodplain is one of the Riverland's great wetland systems - a maze of creeks, lagoons and anabranch channels that wraps around the river between Paringa and the Victorian border. Major works have reconnected it to environmental water, and the recovery has been striking.
For visitors it's a canoeing and birdwatching wonderland, threaded with quiet backwaters under towering red gums. Fishing for callop and Murray cod is part of the local rhythm here too.
It rewards the prepared and the unhurried. Launch a paddle craft, drift the channels, and let the floodplain reveal itself one bend at a time.
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Last verified 7 August 2026 · source: SA Department for Environment and Water
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Sources
- SA Department for Environment and Water (accessed August 2026)
Image credits
- Pike River Murray River National Park Riverland South Australia.jpg by Yuri Obst , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons