The Loveday Internment Camp Display is housed in the Barmera Visitor Information Centre. Come and read the history of this camp. Set up in 1941 it was one of the largest in Australia. It covered approximately 180 hectares of cultivated land and held 5380 internees and POWs at its peak and over 1500 AMF personnel. Loveday was selected as a Read more…

**CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE** Next Open day at Cobdogla Steam Museum – TBA Train & Traction Engine rides, Vintage Tractors, Tractor rides to the Murray River, Old engines operating, National Trust displays, Come & learn about the unique “Humphrey Pump”. http://www.cobdoglasteammuseum.com.au/ Read more…

Nappers Bridge on northern shore of Lake Bonney. Cement ruins of William Napper’s home. He built the hotel in 1860 and died there in 1907. Lake Bonney in the background. Nappers Bridge and the Lake Bonney Hotel. William Napper a farm labourer from Guernsey arrived in SA on the Oriental in 1855 when he was 28 years old. With his Read more…

Situated at the top of Barwell Avenue, Rocky’s Hall of Fame was officially opened by Slim Dusty during the 1995 Country Music Festival & awards. It stands as a tribute to the late Rocky Page. A valuable collection of musical instruments and memorabilia is housed in the museum along with a large collection of photos & cartoons depicting some of Read more…

The Historic Overland Corner Hotel is situated along the Goyder Highway, 21 kilometres from Barmera in the Riverland, South Australia. Originally set up as a watering hole for drovers and overlanders operating between New South Wales and the Adelaide Colony, it also served as a temporary camping ground for steamers passing through on the River Murray, which flows a mere Read more…