Echuca/Moama

Echuca-Moama Key Information

Location

North Victoria

Distance from Melbourne

206 kilometres

Travel time from Melbourne

2.5 hours

Population

11,000

How to get there:

Hume Freeway/Northern Highway

General Echuca-Moama Information

Echua-Moama is known as the paddlesteamer capital of Australia and is situated on the legendary Murray River.  Echuca is located in Victoria, while across the river, Moama is located in New South Wales.

Both towns were established around 1853.

When the railway was developed in 1864, Echuca became Australia’s second largest port, with Port Melbourne being the biggest.

Paddlesteamers traded along the Murray River transporting wool to the Port of Melbourne which was then exported to London.  The paddlesteamers also shipped their cargoes along the Darling and the Murrumbidgee Rivers almost as far as the Queensland border.

The town flourished and resulted in a booming township that had around 80 pubs, brothels and breweries.

One of Echuca’s landmarks is a huge three storey Redgum wharf, which is now home to the world's largest collection of paddlesteamers. 

The rich colonial heritage of Echuca has been preserved thanks to faithful restoration of the town buildings and public areas.

Echuca is the ideal place for a relaxed holiday and offers lots things to discover and experience.  It has wonderful weather, high quality accommodation and excellent dining facilities.          

Activities in Echuca/Moama 

Echuca-Moama boasts a wide range of things to do for people of all ages.

Take a paddle steamer cruise or hire a houseboat and travel down the Murray river at your own pace.    Go fishing, swimming, canoeing or waterskiing.

Explore nearby towns, magnificent red gum forests, wetlands and fauna parks.

We have put together a list of family friendly activities below.  But if you want some adrenalin pumping activities, click here.

Port of Echuca

Visit the red gum wharf that was constructed in 1865.  Visit the cargo shed museum, the Star Hotel with its underground bar and escape tunnel (once a 'sly' grog shop), inspect one of the many steam engine displays and observe shipwrights restoring vessels.

Kyabram Fauna Park

A 25 minute drive will take you to 55 hectares of parklands and wetlands featuring kangaroos, wombats, brolgas, echnidas and many more native Australian animals.

How to get there: Lake Road, Kyabram Victoria

Telephone: (03) 5852 2883

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