E23 - Off to the Rush - Crossing the Darling - Twice

Send us Fan Mail A newborn in a spring cart, a flood-swollen river, and a punt that won’t run on Sundays—our 1852 trek along the Murray is a study in grit, chance, and consequence. We read the original diaries aloud and sit with what they reveal: Regent parrots blazing over saltbush, lost stockmen saved by First Nations know-how, and the stark reality of cattle drowning as they “ring the water” mid-crossing. Every scene is anchored in place—Frenchman’s Creek, Bagot’s Billabong, th...