Riverland. S.A.

Though, I would think they would have preferred this to turn the paddles

Old trucks go cheap in the Northern countries.

These were the exact same trucks we used at the Woomera Rocket range to retrieve rockets with.

Very cheap in the U S of A also. :

I guess this is what is meant by "going 'round the traps"

Ron as usual another good read thanks for that and keep on putting them up
Paul

There's a few familiar names in that lot


The "no doubt we as kids ... " page is repeated

Yeah Eddy, sorry about that, my bad, bit of oldtimers disease! pic of Harry Ding's (no relation!) semi, had the mail run from Yunta in SA, I was born at Waikerie, nearest hospital, one of the few who made it, most were aborted during the depression, even animals knew not to breed when times were tough, my father spent 4 years in the trenches in France in WW1 so have to allow him a bit of slack, lived on the banks of the Murray, survived off the river and the land, never saw money, very healthy, Government supplied rations of flour, tea, sugar and bolts of cloth, used to take a jam jar to the river to drink, clean then, wrigglers in the water, might have wriggled into our brains as none of us were to swift, being a boy at least I had something to play with!! had chooks and a cow so were completely self sufficient, wouldn't mind being like that today, Government probably wouldn't allow it :'(

Originally from my railway hobby, Riverland is an area I have visited often (railways ran to Renmark & Barmera, Loxton, Yinkanie and Waikerie in Riverland, and to Morgan, Murray Bridge, Milang and Goolwa in the lower Murray).
Even more, today I pass through by boat frequently.
I have just passed a link to this hcvc thread to the group Paddleducks, along with four photos of Moorook as it has grown up. I have eaten at Moorook Club. IIRC PS Marion moored there for one of the nights of a Mannum - Berri voyage on which I was a passenger, ~2010.
< www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6327.0> ;
The paddlesteamer on which the ancestors arrived has been identified as Colonel. It was built in 1895. At the time of the family voyage, it was owned by Murray Shipping. After a varied life, the hull has been saved, and is sitting at Murray Bridge under restoration.
(from Parsons 'Ships of the inland rivers').

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor