About the Author

Beth Conner's love affair with paddle steamers started when she was five years old. Her grandfather Dave took her out on the P.S. Etona, a boat that had once belonged to the family. She grew up on the Murray River in Boundary Bend, wanting to learn everything she could about the river and the boats that had worked on the reaches. Captain Peter Garfield is a current skipper and engineer for the P.S. Canberra. Having started his career as a volunteer on the P.S. Enterprise on Lake Burley Griffin in the City of Canberra in 1989, Pete now lives in Echuca where he works on the P.S. Canberra as well as other vessels.