Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has visited the Murraylands to see first-hand the damage wrought by the floods – and to gee up the party faithful.

Mr Dutton was the guest of honour at a Liberal Party breakfast in Murray Bridge on Friday morning before visits to Sturt Reserve, Mypolonga and Mannum.

One of the things that had most impressed him about the local communities he had visited, he said, was how much they had done to prepare for the flood peak.

“It’s a credit to those that have been involved,” he said.

“There’s not a great deal of corporate memory in the community from 1956, but there’s enough that it has really allowed the community to respond in the best way possible.”

He was also struck by the difference between the slow-moving floods along the Lower Murray and the faster-moving events witnessed in New South Wales and Western Australia in recent months.