{"id":11172,"date":"2023-01-06T01:49:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spriteclub.com.au\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2023-11-15T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:05:53","slug":"flashback-friday-five-ferries-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=11172","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Friday \u2013 Five Ferries Run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the current flooding of the River Murray and the impact to the communities and infrastructure supporting these people, it is timely for the first \u201cFlashback Friday\u201d of 2023 to remind ourselves of when the Sprite Club was involved with the Riverland district and particularly the River Murray Ferries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is important at this point in time as most of these ferries cannot be used due to the current flood flow rates and high water either stopping the ferries from landing or cutting access roads to the ferry crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During 2012 it was planned to celebrate the Sprite Club\u2019s 40th Anniversary with a tour of the key areas of the State. Starting in Adelaide the \u201cFive Ferries Run\u201d toured the Barossa Valley, Clare and Burra \u2013 with stop overs at each site, and enjoying the various produce of each of these regions \u2013 mainly wine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the convoy of approx. 21 Sprites, Midgets and Associate vehicles from SA, Vic and NSW headed to the river port of Morgan. Here the \u201cFive Ferries\u201d part of the tour started. The plan was to cross the River Murray on five different ferries. Like all plans this changed along the way and a total of 10 ferries were used to transverse the River Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These included the Cadell ferry \u2013 upstream from Morgan \u2013 as this was under pressure to be closed in 2012, due to minimal use \u2013 ironically the Cadell is currently the only ferry in the Riverland area that is still in operation \u2013 all the others having been closed due to the flood conditions. Cadell was the last ferry to close in the famed 1956 flood!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The other highlight was the mass loading of Sprites and Midgets – three-abreast, on the Swan Reach Ferry. This provided an ideal photo and video opportunity \u2013 refer to the YouTube clip below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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