Eleven Mates on a Dinky-Di Houseboat: Good Friday: Moving upstream to avoid the extreme

Birds of the Murray

Whatever the bird is, is perfect in the bird. Whatever the bird does is right for the bird to do. But I am torn and beleaguered by my own people. The blood that feeds my heart is the blood they gave me, and my heart is the house where they gather and fight for dominion- all different, all with a wish and a will to save me, to turn me into the ways of other people. If I could leave their battleground for the forest of a bird I could melt the past, the present and the future in one and find the words that lie behind all these languages. Then I could fuse my passions into one clear stone and be simple to myself as the bird is to the bird. - The Gateway Judith Wright

We start with a leisurely cruise upstream to escape the hordes of water skiers who go for the deeper water downstream. The boat was superbly parked by Mhairi allowing Wheatley and AJ to tie the boat to a tree on the bank. It was here that we settled for the afternoon

A pleasant view from our AstroTurf'd upper deck

Man overboard!

Oh why not!

Me thinks that holding a beer in one hand while treading water against the current should be introduced as training for the Australian Water Polo Team - hard work it is!