Kingston-on-Murray - Places to See

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Kingston-on-Murray - Places to See


Kingston Estate Wines
Located on the Sturt Highway, Kingston Estate Wines are open by appointment only, tel: (08) 8583 0244.

Banrock Station Wine and Wetland Centre
Superb wine and wetlands experience on the banks of the Murray. Nothing we can say can quite match the excellent website created for the destination. Go to http://www.banrockstation.com.au and enjoy the great virtual tour.

Cave Cliff Historic Reserve
Located 7km north west of Kingston on Murray this reserve (ask around town for directions) is a mixture of cliffs, river flat and scrubland which is notable for a number of well preserved Aboriginal canoe trees, a midden and a limestone cave which was used by Aborigines for thousands of years.

Moorook
Part of the history of the riverlands is a sense of 'working together and sharing the riches'. The Hundred of Moorook was proclaimed in 1893 and Premier Kingston, trying to deal with high levels of unemployment and bank failures, encouraged people to move to Moorook where they could work together. The first group travelled up the Murray River in the Gem (it can be seen at Swan Hill) in 1894 and while the government had provided them with some supplies they were expected to kill kangaroos and ducks and catch fish in order to survive. They built a simple village where there was no money for currency and mutual help was mandatory. They planted vegetables and orchards to earn a living and to provide food. By the outbreak of World War I the desire for independence had seen Moorook collapse. People wanted to be rewarded for their own efforts. The area was occupied by soldier settlers after World War I.

Moorook Game Reserve
The Moorook Game Reserve is signposted beside the Kingston-Loxton road 4 km south of the Sturt Highway. It is a pleasant and peaceful game reserve with sedges and reeds growing along the edge of Wachtel's Lagoon.


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