Floating through River Life Archives : Finchy's Australia

Floating through River Life S1 E7 – Mypolonga

Miss Linda — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:57:01 +0000

Wind whispering through the reeds in the dark, a soft, welcoming rustle as we tied Huck firmly to the pier.

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Floating through River Life S1 E6 – The Lightbulb Moment

Miss Linda — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:12:24 +0000

The PS Marion amazingly, has endured a long and varied working life, plying the Murray and Darling rivers since the late 1800’s.

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Floating through River Life S1 E5 – Blankets

Miss Linda — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:50:19 +0000

“You gotta look out for stuff on the river,” Fred said, listing other things that might cause us trouble in an old wooden v-bottom boat.

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Floating through River Life S1 E4 -Sink or Swim

Miss Linda — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 06:05:00 +0000

Finchy yelled, “We’ve hit something under the water.” We were both scared. We didn't know how much damage the boat had sustained, and we didn't know if we would sink or swim.

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Floating through River Life S1 E3 – The Shakedown Cruise

Miss Linda — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:08:00 +0000

Setting off in Huck Finn for the first time from Younghusband at the 168km mark, we were on our shakedown cruise at last.

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Floating through River Life: S1 E2 – Finding Huck

Miss Linda — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 04:30:00 +0000

How we found the riverboat to travel the length of Australia's longest river

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