First timers? Fantastic, we will make sure you are fully familiar with the houseboat before you leave...
Our aim is for you to have the most memorable houseboat holiday possible. We can even help you arrange transfers from Adelaide, or if you are travelling with your caravan, we can provide safe, private parking. As an extra service, our family boats and small boats are pet friendly (conditions apply), so if you have a furry member of the family that needs to travel with you, please enquire when booking. Photo courtesy RTA
Where to travel...
You travel upstream from Griffens Marina towards the historic town of Morgan, approximately 7 hours away, and discover one of Australia's earliest river ports. The town is a delight for anyone interested in museums, antiques and heritage walks, and it even has two hotels close to the river front for those wanting to dine out. You may choose to travel a little further upstream and visit the Cadell wetlands, featuring unique varieties of bottle brush, or venture up to Qualco and Lock 2. Of course you may not even get as far as Morgan, just go where you want to go...
For your information, the marina is located upstream from Blanchetown around the 277 km mark, Morgan is at 320 km and Waikerie at the 382 km mark. The average cruising speed for houseboats is 6 -7km per hour.
What to do...
Tie up for the afternoon and throw a fishing line off the back of your houseboat, or lounge under the top deck canopy reading a book while sipping a glass of wine! For nature lovers there are a variety of river birds and wild life to view, and wetlands to explore - we can even hire you a kayak. Or you can just marvel at the majestic river red gums standing like sentinels at the edge of the river and the changing colours of the magnificent cliffs.
By the way...
The PS Pyap, built in 1896, operated as a hawking vessel along the Murray and used to tie up at our riverbank for the locals to come and buy goods from. You can still see the word Pyap engraved on the old river redgum next to the hire boats.
Just imagine you are a Riverboat Captain as you follow the same route as the old river barges and paddleboats... you may even tie up at one of their favoured spots!
