Mark Twain once said, " Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over..." How true that is along the Murray-Darling River system these days ..... and many other water and irrigation systems worldwide..... (There's dispute as to whether Mark Twain was indeed the originator of this quote but it certainly does match his wit so I'll stay with him....) I had travelled along the Darling several times, both by air and road, and never saw a really flowing river, just stagnant greenish pools.... The recent drought had been devastating... Even the Menindee Lakes had dried up and massive fish kills... But this year there had been really good rain in northern NSW and southern Qld, and the run-off has filled the river to it's banks. I just had to see that, so flew down to follow the river and see it happen. 6.5 hrs in my Savannah from Kilcoy, SE Qld to Tilpa on the river. Tilpa is an excellent spot to view the river in action. From the beer garden of the Tilpa pub,