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Climb aboard and let's retrace the lines through the Mallee to the Murray.

I’m not an old railwayman or historian or anything like that. I’m an explorer just like you.

This is a 'best of' - if I'd recorded every siding this would have been a two hour video of grain silos and empty clearings.

For the complete write-up visit : https://outdoorstype.com.au/riverland...

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Introduction
0:16 Tailem Bend to Peebinga
2:32 Karoonda to Loxton
7:00 Paruna to Berri
12:57 Berri to Barmera
14:56 Yinkanie to Wanbi
16:00 Karoonda to Waikerie

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The Paringa line finally opened in 1913. The Waikerie line was completed in December 1914. The Loxton and Moorook lines opened in 1914 and 1925 respectively. It wasn’t until 1927 that a bridge was finally built across the river at Renmark and that line to Renmark was further extended to Berri, Glossop and Barmera in 1928.

The Mallee railways to the river served the region well but eventually better roads and bigger trucks superseded them as the government turned away from running loss making railways.

By the late 20th century – the age of country rail in South Australia was effectively over. The Moorook line closed in 1971, the Barmera and Peebinga lines in 1990, the Waikerie line in 1994 and finally, the Loxton line closed in 2015.

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Image credits:
Renmark - Paringa Bridge 1934 SLSA B-6493
Renmark - Opening 1927 SLSA B-3963

Music:
Kornevmusic - Documentary Technology Ambient - Licenced from Envato
Pereveslo - Skydive - Licenced from Motion Array
Timeless - Slenderbeats - YouTube Audio Library