The Murray, Whyalla’s only hope.

The Murray is a green oasis meandering through a very dry and harsh landscape. Select parts have been cultivated and irrigated for orange and grape growing, but the majority of the land is high, parched and overlooks the river as it flows through the gorges.

The Murray is piped 357km to Whyalla and the northern Eyre Peninsula.  I found the No1 pump station in Morgan which was built along with the pipeline in the 1940s, this is the start of the line supplying Whyalla’s life blood. The second line was completed in 1967.