With Adelaide less than a two hours drive, the region is a very popular holiday destination for locals and visitors alike, especially those into outdoor and water-based activities. In addition, the network of backwater wetlands and lagoons are home to abundant wildlife, with the region including the UNESCO listed Bookmark Biosphere Reserve (BBR) and 40 national and conservation parks, that protect widely differing ecosystems.

Stretching back over 30,000 years, the Aboriginal people have called the Murray River region home, with many groups along it’s route. The Riverland region was home to the Ngarrindjeri people who lived on and along the lands around the Murray and the Coorong, and today are South Australia’s largest Aboriginal community.

Towns in the region include Barmera, Berri, Blanchetown, Cadell, Cobdogla, Glossop, Kingston-on-Murray, Loxton, Lyrup, Monash, Moorook, Morgan, Paringa, Renmark and Waikerie.

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