Today we travelled into Mildura central and purchased another book with maps of Australia.  In this case it was a necessity as the one we had was already 5 years old.  Visited the Post Office to post something to Monika before heading off to Bunnings for a screwdriver to fix the aircon as the fuses keep shorting. 

On completion of tasks we made headway to Wentworth, where the Darling and Murray rivers meet at the junction.  We really wanted to see this area but knew that there would be a lot more water in the region due to the recent super cell storm in Mildura which brought over 130mm of rain in one day, which is more than they get in a year! 

 Last year we were in Goolwa, South Australia, where we went to the mouth of the Murray River, so to do this sighting was a further extension for us of the history of the Murray.

Wentworth is 50 years older than Mildura and actually was on the shortlist of cities chosen to be Australia's capital particurlarly because of its ports and the rivers.  Took some photos of the junction but as mentioned the area was flooded so we couldn't visit the viewing tower. 

Drove along a little further to Lock 10 and the weir where both the Darling and Murray rivers flow together over the weir.  This was amazing to see as the colour of the Murray river is dark and sand based, whereas the Darling River is a clay based soil and the colour here is light, so the contrast is visible to the naked eye.  Drove back into town and went to visit the Wentworth Wharf, again difficult to access as it too was underwater.  The lady at the Information Centre did say that they had not seen the levels so high in both of these rivers, but because of the floods coming down from Queensland and the flooding rain had in Mildura this has all compacted in this area.