THE 51st instalment of the annual Massive Murray Paddle commences this Monday with more than 450 paddlers set to travel from Yarrawonga to Swan Hill across five days.

The event ran for 40 years as a fundraiser for Red Cross and seven years for YMCA before event organiser and Sydney Harbour Kayaks owner Shannon O'Brien took over in 2016.

O'Brien said the tag-line "Connecting people, river and cou...