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Panorama of flood plains along Lock 9 Road between Renmark and Wentworth, Australia. Rural development along the Murray River started in 1880s but it was only after a searing drought in 1902 that efforts to lock the Murray river for navigation and irrigation were increased. The unsealed Lock 9 Road leads to the 9th lock at Cullulleraine on the Murray River.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
