Stories
Longer reads, travel guides and field notes from the Riverland.
A Weekend in Loxton
Loxton sits on a high bank inside a great loop of the Murray, with pioneer stories on the riverfront and the Katarapko floodplain across the water. How to spend a proper weekend in the Garden City of the Riverland.
June 2026 · 5 min read
Behind the Wire: The Loveday Internment Camps
From 1941 the flats south of Barmera held Australia's largest wartime internment complex - 5,380 civilians of German, Italian and Japanese descent, a farm that grew army morphine poppies, and the only camp in the country to turn a profit.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Wombat Country: The Riverland's Master Burrowers
The southern hairy-nosed wombat has been South Australia's animal emblem since 1970, and the bluebush plains near Blanchetown are its stronghold - including a reserve bought for the species by Chicago's Brookfield Zoo in 1971.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Duty Calls: The Customs House at Border Cliffs
From 1884 to 1902, "Port Murthoo" was where South Australia taxed the river trade - a customs house on a lonely reach near the border, undone overnight by Federation. The building still stands, and the drive to it is one of the Riverland's best.
May 2026 · 6 min read