Travel – Tourism
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A diverse multicultural mecca
Robinvale and its neighbouring town, Euston, are nestled in the heart of north western Victoria, on opposite banks of one of the most userfriendly stretches of the Murray River.…
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Murrabit modest towns market jewel
Murrabit is a modest river town, 305km from the state’s capital Melbourne. The township of Murrabit was established as a railway station on the Kerang-Stony…
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Sea Lake Home to the state’s largest salt lake
Getting there Sea Lake is located 353km north-west of Melbourne, close to a four-hour drive on the Calder Highway. Sea Lake is a modest country town, in the…
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Where the wetlands meet the outback
Getting to Balranald Balranald is located on the Sturt Highway, a comfortable five-hour (430km) trip from Melbourne via the Calder Freeway and Murray Valley Highway.…
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Bustling twin towns
Echuca/Moama is 222km from Melbourne by car via the Calder Highway. It is 156km from Swan Hill on the Murray Valley Hwy and 71km from Shepparton via the…
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Bridgewater Nestled on the Loddon
Bridgewater on Loddon sits proudly on the wide banks of the Loddon River, and has a rich history from the gold rush era in the mid nineteenth century. Once…
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Vibrant towns warm welcome Tooleybuc
Getting there By road it is 385km from Melbourne via the M79 and Murray Valley Highway. It is 47km from Swan Hill and 182km from Mildura. Across…
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Koondrook – camping and nature
Koondrook State Forest has a series of excellent camping spots on the banks of the Murray and superb fishing. The river red gums are supreme as…
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Moulamein – where history and rivers meet
Situated at the junction of the picturesque Edward River and neighbouring Billabong Creek, is the quaint township of Moulamein. The pioneer settlement, which is the oldest in…
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The Kow Swamp Discovery
Archaeological excavations by Alan Thorne at Kow Swamp, 10km south-east of Cohuna in the central Murray Valley, between 1968 and 1972, recovered the partial skeletal remains of more than…
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Early Settler History Barham
The history of these towns dates back to the early expansion of the pastoralists. In 1843 Edward Green took up 54 000 hectares of land in NSW naming…
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Cohuna A GATEWAY TO ISLAND ADVENTURE
Cohuna is a charming rural town, 274km from Melbourne, on the banks of the Gunbower Creek, which is an anabranch of the Murray River. Its major attractions…
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