We travelled to Swan Hill where we first met the Murray.

We cruised down the river and met the junction of the Murray and little Murray River, the captain said that the river was travelling at one and a half kilometres an hour.

The next day we travelled through Mallee country of wheat, oats and barley from Victoria through to South Australia.

We arrived at our destination at Murray Bridge and the captain of the Proud Mary met us and welcomed us aboard and to our cabins.

Next morning we departed Sunnyside and travelled upstream to see how the Murray River runs.

Beautiful willow trees that lined the river banks, the inland lagoons, bird life, the houseboats that lined the river banks, beautiful homes that are worth millions, the distance from Adelaide to some of the homes is only 80 kilometres and the boats that are moored.

We stopped at the town of Mannum, a historic town and our next stop was at Teal Flat where we went exploring on a small boat with our expert ecologist.

What the captain said about the Murray River, "during the drought 2001 to 2009 the wetland dried off and see those trees they grow during the drought and now they sit in water and when the rains came and the drought broke, everything came back to life fish, birds, insects, grasses and you do not believe what one reads in the newspapers, that is what Australia is all about drought, floods and bushfire".

The Weekly Times February 6, 2019, South Australia river operators are holding back $3.2 millions of environmental flows to the Coorong and Murray mouth to maintain Lake Alexandrina water levels for yachting regattas.

Meanwhile the rest of the Murray Darling Basin is battling drought, water shortage, blue-green algae and fish kill.

Under the current rules the MDBA independently manages all the Murray River's storage, weirs and flows up to the South Australian border.

Beyond that point all river operations fall into the SA Government's hands.

Are we really all that surprised that Labor and the Greens were hell-bent on putting our nations' safety in jeopardy with their decision to vote down common sense values.

When the inch is given unfavourably to suit when it suits it's only logical that the expectation for further progression will expect, demand and force the mile.

Haven't we been watching all our sense of decency and values being downgraded to accommodate the ushering in of the dysfunctional society we have today?

No real law and order, Christianity has all but been wiped out in favour of wickedness begetting wickedness in high places.

Our constitutional laws under attach, watered down and eroded to suit when it suits.

Ah! yes the devil is indeed alive and well seeking out whom he can devour and being allowed to gain numerous unfavourable victories.

Time our nation's people got a grip on what is truly right and made their vote count at the next federal election.

We get what we allow and it's time to make a stand.

We are writing to say a big thank you to the people of Griffith for the drinking water you sent to our community, extremely grateful for the kindness you all have shown and hoping the rain will come soon.