Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.monartozoo.com.au
;
Princes Hwy, Monarto; adult/child/family $31.50/18/85;
9.30am-5pm, last entry 3pm)
About 14km west of town, the excellent open-range zoo is
home to Australian and African beasts including cheetahs, rhinos and giraffes (and the
cute offspring thereof). A hop-on/hop-off bus tour is included in the price; keeper talks
happen throughout the day.
Captain Proud Paddle Boat Cruises
CRUISE
( 0466 304 092;
www.captainproud.com.au
; Wharf Rd; 1/2/3hr cruises $25/45/49)
River
cruises from one-hour sightseeing to longer jaunts with lunch, high tea or drinks and
cheese platters. Call for times and bookings.
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Sleeping
Adelaide Road Motor Lodge
MOTEL $
( 08-8532 1144;
www.adelaiderdmotorlodge.com
;
212 Adelaide Rd; d from $80, tr & q $130-215;
)
If you're stuck for a bed here, your best bet is probably this funky '60s number
with a 21st-century facelift - one of several motels on the road in from the Murray
Bridge-Adelaide freeway.
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Information
Murray Bridge Visitor Information Centre
( 1800 442 784, 08-8339 1142;
www.murraybridge.sa.gov.au
; 3 South Tce; 9am-5pm)
Stocks the
Murray Bridge Accom-
modation Guide
and
Eating Out in Murray Bridge
brochures, and has info on river-cruise
operators.
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Mannum to Waikerie
Clinging to a narrow strip of riverbank 84km east of Adelaide, improbably cute Mannum
(population 6750) is the unofficial houseboat capital of the world! The
Mary Ann,
Aus-
tralia's first riverboat, was knocked together here in 1853 and made the first paddle-
steamer trip up the Murray. The Mannum visitor information centre incorporates the
Mannum Dock Museum of River History
(
www.psmarion.com
; 6 Randell St, Mannum; adult/
child $7.50/3.50)
, featuring info on local Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal communities, an 1876
dry dock and the restored 1897 paddle steamer
PS Marion,
on which you can occasion-
ally chug around the river.
