The only wide stretch of river in the state of South Australia, and it already has passed through New South Wales and Victoria - often by the time it reaches our state, especially during droughts, there's not much of it left. This gallery includes river towns and country side close enough for a day trip. The first photos taken at Murray Bridge...Murray Bridge is in the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people, who refer to Murray Bridge as "Pomberuk". The first European explorer was Charles Sturt who camped there on 8 February 1830.