Murray River Cruise - The Cliffs

On day 3, Wednesday, CJ observes river traffic. He has coiled the lines just we did on our sailboat. He hopes to impress Murray.

We have brekkie, push off and set a course upriver.

The trip is four hours. The primary activity is sea bird watching. Pelicans are the most interesting on the river.

We find a location to moor in the shadow of the cliffs.

It's cocktail time on the River Murray, complete with English bar towels!

The sun is setting. The show is not as good as when we came up the river on the PS Marion. The sun doesn't paint the most downriver part of the cliffs. What is painted is gorgeous.

The sun also illuminates animals and sea birds.

Some bird is making a nest in the hole in the cliffs.

The sun continues to put on a show as it sets.

After dinner it's time for stargazing. There is no ambient light in this area and the moon is below the horizon. If you can see it, here we have the Southern Cross and the two stars pointing to it.