In the 1920's and 30's a series of 14 locks and weirs were built along the River Murray to manage water flow and levels in the river. This is Lock 4 at Bookpurnong (between Berri and Loxton).The locks are large enough to accommodate 6 to 8 medium sized houseboats and passage through a lock takes about 20 minutes. The lock system also allows quite large cruise vessels to navigate the river.
Alongside of Lock 4 is a pleasant picnic spot. This was my cycle group's lunch stop on a ride we did from Berri in 2005.
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14 comments:
What a great shot! This is very wonderful.
My L pictures are posted here and here. Hope you can drop by, too! Thanks!
Great blog! I love it.
Always fun to see these in action!
Nice "L"
There is a certain charm about locks - it must have been a nice pcnic.
A good one. There is a fair bit of variety today.
The first lock I've seen. I barged when I was younger.. Those locks can be hard work. Good choice and what a lovely looking area.
What a beautiful spot for a picnic.
So very peaceful looking.
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Very original and interesting post. I've gone through locks on the Mississippi River and thought it was fascinating.
Nice shot and interesting reading.
Well, I've learned something. I had no idea that you had houseboats on rivers in Australia! I don't know why I should think you didn't .. .it just never occurred to me!
That's quite a sizeable lock, isn't it?
Nice! Thanks for the lesson! I learned! Awesome L post.
I have been in the locks many times as a kid as we lived on the river and to get to one place or another we had to go through the locks....kinda scary when you are in a small motor boat sitting next to the very large barges!!!! nice photo today Gordon.
They have a lot of those in England, too. Good choice for today. :D
I can see why this is a favorite picnic spot!
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