The 'Kookaburra' paddle steamer

The 'Kookaburra', a stern wheel paddle steamer constructed about 1918 when the 'Merle' was cut in half and extended. River trader Edward Diener and family used it as a home and store; after his death in 1923 his daughter and son ran it for a further two years before leaving the river. [Frank Tucker advises that it was the barge 'Flo', tender to the 'Merle' SWPS, that was cut in half, extended and built up into the Kookaburra.]

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