The Banks of the Condamine

We’re on a driving trip to immerse ourselves (not literally, I hope) in the northern rivers of the Murray/Darling Basin. The Condamine River is our first. We crossed the Great Dividing Range today, east of Warwick in SE Queensland. The photo is of evening light on the Condamine, on the northern edge of Warwick. It looks like an autumn scene but that’s just the effect of sunset. The trees are eucalypts (evergreen), very likely River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis).

Although the Pacific Ocean is only 150 km or so to the east of us, this water flows west and south and will eventually enter the Southern Ocean south of Adelaide. Along the way the Condamine will do several name changes (Balonne, Culgoa, Barwon), then merge with the Darling and eventually the Murray. 

The title today comes from the words of a colonial era poem which might best be left in the dim past. But if you are really sure you want to read it, try here.