NATURE has answered the call and reconnected the Darling Anabranch with the Murray River for the first time in four years, but that was no thanks to governments, according to the captains embarking on the second Darling-Baaka River Convoy, which set sail from Menindee on Friday.

A convoy of four boats will complete the 420km journey over the next four weeks, stopping at Pooncarie Weir on April 15 before a scheduled arrival at the Murray-Darling confluence in Wentworth on