The Murray is Australia’s longest river – rising in the Australian Alps and meandering through the country’s plains to the northwest, before turning south and flowing into Murray Mouth and then the Southern Ocean. It hosts the world’s largest canoe race; its banks are home to the world’s largest red-gum forest and ibis rookery; and you can find no less than 37 golf courses dotted along the path of the river’s course. But most people opt for a houseboat holiday, stopping off at historic riverside towns such as Echuca-Moamo and Swan Hill. Along the way, water ski, bird-watch in the wetlands, indulge at one of numerous wine farms, or moor at secluded little spots for the ultimate R&R experience. You choose how far you go, and how long you linger.