SEEKING SOURCES AND CHASING STREAMS

FOOTLOOSE RON MOON

WE’VE just returned from another bush trip where we went in search of the source of a river, and it struck me that it was something I’ve been doing for a long time.

The first river source I searched for and reached, was the Murray River. Australia’s longest stream, its beginnings are pretty nondescript, one would have to admit. Its source is located deep within the peaks of the Great Dividing Range below the rounded dome of Mount Pilot, where the man-made and designated border between NSW and Victoria begins. The source springs a straight-line pitch to the east coast at Cape Howe from, well, three springs, each lying 40 to 50 metres from each other.