Millewa

Spanning three states, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, the Murray River is the third longest navigable river in the world, after the Amazon and Nile and measures 2520 kilometres from its source in the Upper Murray. Home to mobs of kangaroos, pods of pelicans, cacophonies of cockatoos and also to koalas (there is no collective noun for koalas as they are solitary animals?!) and to some very large cod, the calm, softly-moving Murray River, or Millewa, as it was originally named, is a rich and soul-filling experience. 

Answering nature's call in a hole in the ground behind a tree is not the most soul-filling of experiences for the French teacher accompanying a class on an Outdoor Education camp, and nor is a half hour walk turning into a two and a half hour walk in the midday sun when the guide wasn't sure of where he was going. However, these things are all part of the experience, and getting back to a real toilet, a hot shower and an icy cold beer are all the sweeter.