Mr. McIntosh and Mr. O'Toole are continuing their adventure along the Murray River. Picture: SIMON DALLINGER

MURRAY River adventurers Tom O'Toole and Keith McIntosh have not had to wrestle any reptiles yet, but have likened themselves to Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan.

The two were approaching Swan Hill yesterday and Mr. O'Toole said their voyage down the Murray in a bathtub-inspired raft had shown them more than just incredible scenery.

“We were just cruising along and about 30 to 40 wild pigs did not see us and just charged into the water in front of us,” he said.

“It was absolutely incredible to watch.”

Mr. O'Toole had enjoyed passing paddlers, skiers and fisherman earlier in his trip along the river but said it was now as lonely as the outback.

“I feel like Paul Hogan, out in the middle of nowhere, because there just aren't any people here anymore,” he said.

“From Albury to Echuca we met people all along the riverbank but as soon as we passed Echuca we've barely seen anybody.

“I guess people just don't enjoy and appreciate the Murray here like they do back home.”

The Beechworth Bakery boss said they had received a mixed reaction from the people they passed, with some waving and “yahooing” and others embarrassed, not knowing where to look.

“You see people with their fancy rigs and nice fishing equipment, and they watch us go past in our bathtubs with a big toilet stuck on the front and they don't know what to think,” he laughed.

The trip hasn’t exactly been smooth cruising.

There were several occasions upstream where the two had to bail water out of their raft as skiers and boaters passed and waves flooded over the deck.

But earlier troubles are nothing compared to what is to come as they approach an area known as “the bitch and the pups”.

One paddle steamer is already stuck and the water is so shallow they will struggle to get through in some areas.