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ECHUCA MOAMA & DISTRICT Official Visitor Guide The Murray’s Living Legend To assist with saving the environment, please do not throw away this brochure. If you do not wish to Echuca Moama Visitor keep it as a souvenir Information Centre when you have finished reading it, please Freecall 1800 804 446 or (03) 5480 7555 either pass it on to a 2 Heygarth Street, Echuca, Vic, 3564 friend, leave it with your accommodation provider for someone www.echucamoama.com else to read. Many Thanks. chuca oama istrict ourism proudly bring you this guide to enhance your visitor eperience. e are committed to improving the quality and service in tourism. et us help mae your urray River eperience more enoyable. Freecall 1800 804 446 or visit www.echucamoama.com to book your accommodation and activities before you arrive. rint KV rint 0 8 7 www.vmprint.com.au esign abrielle uir chuca oama istrict ourism nc. hotos indy ower, oe rump, le eitao, avin ansford, . innegan, ampaspe hire, urray hire, ational ars. isclaimer chuca oama and istrict ourism nc including its ocers, agents and contractors “Publisher” has made every endeavour to ensure that details are correct at the time of printing, but accept no responsibility for any inaccuracy or misrepresentation, whether by inclusion or omission, nor does the publisher accept any responsibility for subsequent change or withdrawal, of prices, details or services shown which are subect to alteration without notice. ny standard of accommodation andor services contained in this publication are indicative only of a certain class and are based upon information provided to the publisher. ccordingly, the guarantee in relation to the standard, class, or ftness for purposes of that accommodation or service. Numbers to assist you Contents Emergency Ambulance / Fire / Police: 000 Taxi 131 008 Echuca Police (03) 5482 2255 1 elcome Moama Police (03) 5482 2299 Echuca Hospital (03) 5485 5500 2 napshot of chuca oama RACV / NRMA (03) 5483 0440 4 chuca oamas istory ulture Echuca Moama Town Bus Service (03) 5480 2181 Echuca Railway Station (03) 5480 7417 6 Iconic Port of Echuca V/Line Call Centre 136 196 Country Link 132 232 7 Port of Echuca Discovery Centre 8 ttractions Connect with us 10 ood ine rail 12 ccommodation 14 vents estivals 16 port Recreation 18 nique estination eddings 19 chuca oamas Retail ub 20 Regional ational ars 21 River Red um orests 22 Indigenous Culture 24 plore the urray River urther 26 chuca oama own aps 28 ouring Routes Regional ap 34 ttractions 40 ood ine 44 Retail, ervices rade 46 ccommodation 60 lubs ntertainment Useful Links Boating Rules www.waterways.nsw.gov.au Country Fire Authority www.cfa.vic.gov.au Parks Victoria parkweb.vic.gov.au NSW National Parks www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au 1 2 napshot of ECHUCA MOAMA Located on the banks of the mighty Murray River, the twin towns of Echuca Moama are the closest point of the Murray to Melbourne – just a two and a half hour drive. Boasting more sunny days than the Club Marine Southern 80 and the Queensland’s Gold Coast and an highly successful Riverboats Music average annual temperature of 22 Festival – the largest of its type on the degrees, chuca oama is a great urray. destination to visit in all seasons. e have a great variety of local produce Echuca Moama represents not only a that is available across a range of iconic bygone era with horsedrawn carriages restaurants, cafes, hotels and clubs and paddlesteamers but it also and accommodation is aplenty with an showcases all the conveniences of the endless selection of options. modern era. he national pars and wetlands in the The calendar of events and festivals Echuca Moama region are also of great in Echuca Moama is the envy of most environmental and cultural importance. regional destinations in the country. They are the base for many recreational o name a couple, chuca oama hosts activities including fshing, bushwaling the worlds biggest water si event being and camping. reecall 1800 80 www.echucamoama.com 3 Murray HWY Mildura STURT A20 CALDER HWY River STURT A79 B400 HWY COBB HWY B12 NEWELL HWY CALDER MALLEE NEW SOUTH WALES Swan Hill WAY MURRAY HWY VALLEY HWY HWY OLYMPIC HUME RIVERINA HWY HWY Moama B400BB40 B400B400 MurrayAlbury B400 LODDON YarrawongaMURRAY A39 M31 B400 VA LLEY VALLEY 3 Echuca HWY B75 HWY River D MIDLANDMIDLAN HWY B500 SOUTH AUSTRALIA SOUTH NORTHERNNO C543 RT ME HERN HUMEHU 4 Bendigo HWY VICTORIAVICTORIA North 0 20 40 Kilometres Melbourne 5 6 Distance to Echuca Moama Shepparton . 70 kms Bendigo . 105 kms Yarrawonga . 140 kms Melbourne. 205 kms Ballarat. 212 kms Geelong. 272 kms Canberra . 581 kms Sydney. 795 kms Adelaide . 670 kms Brisbane . 1430 kms Check out our amazing att ract i o ns, eater ies and accommodation options throughout this booklet or for more information visit www.echucamoama.com 1. Riverboats usic estival eb. lub arine outhern 80 eb. ampaspe River aling rac. . ational ars avin ansford . innegan. atersiing on the urray. Echuca Moama’s HISTORY AND CULTURE Echuca and Moama were founded chuca was the main ship building centre by ex-convicts. Cattle dealer James for the river transport industry for many years catering for a growing demand for Maiden came to Moama nearly 10 red gum for wharf piles, railway sleepers years before Henry Hopwood’s arrival and building materials. in Echuca. He had been sentenced to death for the burglary of silverware he district supported a doen sawmills in the 1870s, cutting more than 1000 logs and candles before the sentence a wee. was commuted to seven years’ transportation. he epansion of the railways from elbourne, improvement to roads and n 18, aiden established a punt and fcle river conditions all combined to an inn on the northern side of the urray, lessen Echuca’s importance and by the in an area soon nown as aidens unt. 180s, the paddlesteamer eet was in he area became nown as oama decline. meaning place of the dead in 181. n economic depression and the collapse enry opwood had been convicted of several bans virtually ended chucas for receiving stolen sil and sentenced role as a maor economic centre and the to 1 years transportation. fter two population began to disperse. stints as a policeman, he arrived on the southern side of the river in 1850 and set up a rival punt and pub in 18. he site became nown as chuca in 18, a term meaning meeting of the waters. opwood was the more enterprising Discover more about of the former convicts. is suggestion Echuca Moama and of a river port formed the basis of the district’s history now river trade which was paramount to www.echucamoama.com the economic development of the nation, opening up inland ustralia for settlement. chuca soon became ustralias largest inland port and was even nominated as a possible national capital in 181. rom then on, chuca oama prospered. arges and boats graced the river, plying their trade. 1. ero. , . ort of chuca iscovery entre. chuca harf. Freecall 1800 804 446 www.echucamoama.com 5 1 2 3 4 5 The Iconic Ride on the delaide, the worlds oldest woodenhulled paddlesteamer PORT OF ECHUCA which was built in 18 and used as a logging boat for more than 0 years. The historic Port of Echuca is recognised he charming leander rbuthnot was the last boat built for the riverboat as one of Australia’s finest heritage icons trade, in 1, and is also available for and is home to the largest riverboat fleet cruises. in the world. anberra and the ride of the teeped in history, the ort of chuca is Murray can be found plying the chuca oamas tourism icon. river, ofering cruises complete with captains commentary. mmylou, oday, the ort represents the the “prettiest paddlesteamer on the pageantry of the river trade’s heyday urray River, is the only woodfred and ofers an etraordinary insight into paddlesteamer in the world to ofer our pioneering days. regular overnight cruises. earn about the lively river trade of ero is arguably the most the 1800s, hear fantastic tales of the luurious paddlesteamer operating urray River and visit the tar otels on the Murray River today and is underground bar and escape tunnel, available for private charter, overnight which was used in the 180s. accommodation, weddings, events and number of paddleboats ofer cruises corporate functions. along the mighty urray from chuca. hoose from the evensey, built in 111 and nown as the hiladelphia in the television miniseries ll he Rivers Run. reecall 1800 80 www.echucamoama.com 7 Port of Echuca DISCOVERY CENTRE The iconic Echuca Wharf has been meticulously restored to its former glory. his impressive structure lins the river of today to its bustling past when it was ustralias second busiest woring port. nhanced by new red gum walways weaving along the riverban, there are many new opportunities to view the urray River and all its activity. n the ort of chuca iscovery entre, eplore the story of ustralias pioneering spirit. earn how ustralias inland river system connected a edgling colony to its growing cities and the outside world through interactive displays and discover Echuca Moama’s unique paddle steamer history through the living, breathing vessels that still capture the imagination of visitors today. chuca oama istrict ATTRACTI O NS Echuca Moama & district boasts many exciting attraction activities paving the way for a fun-filled day or an extended visit. plore the regions rich and diverse history at one of the various museums or tae a stroll through a living museum, the historic ort of chuca.