River Murray Glows social photos

Hundreds of people have got out to Saturday night's fireworks show in Murray Bridge. See anyone you know?

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Having fun at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery are Adam Elliott, James Prior, Xavier McAinly and Jackson Ross; Chelsea Budarick and Claire Wildish; and Wren and Angela Vardon, Jess Schellen and Ashley Vardon. Rugged up on Wharf Hill are Jodie Austin with Amelia, Isabelle and Bridget Farmer; young Lokii, James Feast, Lucas Eagle-Feast, Rhyker Irving-Feast and Monique Irving; and Monique and Taz Searancke with Matteo and Nikora. Photos: Peri Strathearn.

Fireworks have lit up the sky above Murray Bridge’s riverfront for a mid-winter “celebration of strength and unity”.

The River Murray Glows festival was a replacement for the community’s cancelled New Year’s Eve celebration, but it was also an excuse for people to get out and about on a chilly winter weekend – and they did, in their hundreds.

Murray Bridge News was there on Saturday night as crowds visited the city’s art gallery, then flocked to Wharf Hill for a light show and food trucks before the fireworks show at Sturt Reserve.

William Culley, Braxton Leathers and Britney Culley check out the River Murray Glows festival on Saturday night. Photos: Peri Strathearn.

The festival might not be a one-off, either, if Mayor Wayne Thorley has anything to say about it.

“It was great for local business – you had a job to buy a decent meal and sit down and eat it,” he said at a council meeting on Monday night.

“It’s something for us to think about for next winter.”

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