Murray Attractions

Echuca Echuca (pop. 9540), formerly the largest inland port in Australia and a place of considerable economic importance, lies near the junction of the Goulburn and Campaspe Rivers with the Murray. It is now joined up with Moama, across the Murray in New South Wales.

On the river is a massive wharf of red gum wood (restored). Two old buildings, well restored, are the Star and Bridge Hotels. There are cruises on the river in old paddle steamers (Canberra, Pride of Murray).

Lake Eildon Lake Eildon is Victoria's largest lake, with an area of 138sq.km and a shoreline of 515km. It is a man-made lake, created to provide water for irrigation and the generation of power, and its creation led to the drowning of many farms in the Goulburn and Delatite valleys. The area round the lake, amid the gently rolling foothills of the Victorian Alps, is now a very popular holiday region. There are facilities for water sports in the holiday centers of Eildon and Bonnie Doon, where house boats can also be hired.