PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has briefly touched down in Mildura on a tour to see the Murray flood, but never left the airport before flying straight on to Renmark for a photo op with the Premier of South Australia.

As Sunraysia crops slowly drowned and low-lying local houses were threatened in two states in this region, Mr Albanese said on Saturday that he was "really heartened by the optimism" of SA's Rive