Loxton - Wodonga: Unwind along the Murray River |
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| Experience the Murray River - one of the world’s great rivers. From the desert country and open plains of South Australia, follow its serpentine path along the mountains of the Great Dividing Range in north-east Victoria. Explore the river on its course to the ocean, and take the time to picnic beside it, sample local food and produce, discover Aboriginal culture and history or explore the towns dotted along its length. |
LOXTON
Loxton, situated on the southern bank of the Murray River boasts unique attractions, a nationally recognized golf course, wine tasting, numerous festivals and events, beautifully maintained gardens, and a variety of nature-based activities such as swimming, boating, canoeing, fishing and bushwalking.
A short drive away you can wander Banrock Station's boardwalks, discover the Murray's backwaters and creeks with a relaxing cruise, sample award-winning wines or just relax and enjoy the country hospitality.
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Loxton Riverfront Caravan Park
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Loxton to RENMARK - 40km
Renmark takes its name from the Aboriginal word meaning “red mud”. The town was founded in 1887 following a joint agreement between the state government and Canadian engineers George and Ben Chaffey. The brothers were instrumental in helping to establish the system of irrigation still in use on the Murray today. Renmark is Australia’s oldest irrigation settlement.
Three kilometres outside Renmark is the McCormick Centre. It includes an interpretive model that shows the enormity and importance – and workings – of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Take a stroll along the Renmark riverfront interpretive walk, this easy five kilometre interprets historical information about the town and river.
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BIG4 Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park
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Renmark to MILDURA - 140km
Mildura will overwhelm your senses. Its expanse of exciting landscapes is a many layered tapestry of colours, textures, tastes and experiences. From meandering rivers and lush farmland to vast tracts of red desert cratered with shimmering salt lakes, Mildura is a place of such diversity it’s difficult to believe you can have it all in one holiday.
The region is equally renowned for its fantastic food, wine and cultural mix. Imagine lunching on fine cuisine and wine in a chic riverside restaurant and the next day soak up the unique pioneering history of tiny Mallee towns surrounded by more than a half a dozen national parks linked together in spring by a carpet of wildflowers.
Mildura to SWAN HILL - 221km
The Swan Hill region, the heart of the Murray, offers a strong culture, wonderful food, a vibrant community and of course a bounty of primary produce including award-winning wines.
Enjoy an historic paddleboat trip and explore the most unspoilt natural section of the rivers 2756 kilometre journey. Take a trip back in time and experience the daily life and labours of the riverland settlers at the unique Pioneer Settlement Museum. Be challenged by some of the most picturesque first class golf courses in Australia.
You can also try your luck in one of the many best native fish rivers in Australia within an hour of Swan.
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BIG4 Swan Hill Pioneer City Tourist Park
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Swan Hill to ECHUCA-MOAMA - 156km
Echuca - Moama, the paddlesteamer capital of Australia is an ideal holiday destination.
Visit the Port of Echuca to discover the early history of the region when Echuca-Moama was a bustling riverport. Experience the Murray River, the centrepiece of the towns. Travel in a paddlesteamer, go fishing, swimming, canoeing or waterskiing. You can also use Echuca-Moama as your base to explore nearby towns, magnificent red gum forests, wetlands and fauna parks.
You'll be delighted with the variety of shops, restaurants, cafes and accommodation available. Echuca-Moama enjoys a wonderful climate, perfect for holidays - whatever the season.
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A Shady River Holiday Park
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Echuca-Moama to DENILIQUIN - 77km
Deniliquin is situated on the Edward River, in the centre of Riverina sheep station country and on the fringe of the world's largest redgum forest, where bird and wildlife abound.
The natural attractions of the region and the well developed network of forest trails offer you the chance to free your adventurous spirit. Try kayaking, biking, bird watching, swimming, fishing or water-skiing. Or take a trip out to Conargo and drink in the sunset on the open plains where the uninterrupted landscape allows you to view the natural arc of the earth.
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BIG4 Deniliquin Paringa Holiday Park
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Deniliquin to SHEPPARTON - 161km
Shepparton is situated within the rich dairying, fruit growing and agricultural region of the Goulburn Valley, with the area responsible for producing around 25 percent of Victoria's rural output. Major attractions include SPC Ardmona which have factory sales supermarket open to the public, located 5 kilometres west of Shepparton and across the Goulburn River in Mooroopna.
Shepparton to WODONGA - 181km
Albury and Wodonga sit either side of where the nation’s busiest highway crosses our greatest river. As a meeting point of contrasts and cultures its significance stretches all the way back to the first Aboriginal inhabitants who gathered here long before the arrival of Europeans.
Being on the natural border between the two oldest and strongest colonies, Albury and Wodonga grew up as both river port and rail head. They were the start and end of much of the trade, travel and commerce between the two colonial powers. The contrasts and contradictions of time and place, history and progress, river and mountain, culture and cultivation have melded themselves into an unlikely harmony of differences not experienced anywhere else in the country.