Moorook Camp on the Murray

 Moorook is a very small town located on the Murray River between Loxton and Barmera. A Social Club that opens for three nights a week and a General Store that must struggle to keep open is about all there is - except for the citrus and grape farmers.

BUT - what Moorook does have, is one of the most comfortable camps on the Murray River with green lawns, riverside sites, bins, toilets, water, dump point and all this for $12/van/night.

We finally got the kayak off the roof of the car and spent a lot of time trying to catch the elusive (very) Golden Perch (known as Callop in SA) - lots of birdlife but no fish (except carp). The new outriggers on the Kayak worked a treat (thanks Aaron) and we are now both confident on the water. Hopefully we are now ready to land those big Murray Cod when we get to Lake Mulwala is a weeks’ time.

We did some touristy things around Barmera, Berri, and Loxton and fitted in yet another counter lunch at Loxton Pub.

As usual in SA it’s pretty hard to find firewood, but I was lucky to hunt some down nearby. Not sure everyone knows this but apparently it is illegal to cut wood on the side of the road in SA and when the farmer living near where I was cutting wood drove over to see me, I was thinking that might be in a bit of strife – but turned out “Wayne” the farmer,  was just dropping by to say hello 😊

We didn’t do much while we stayed for just over a week – just chilled out on the lawn, caught a few carp – batteries recharged and ready for the next camp.

Short video is HERE