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If you are planning to backpack Echuca, then this page provides information on what backpacker hostels are available here. The page also provides a description of Echuca, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.
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Australia’s longest river is the Murray, which runs for 2,600km along the New South Wales/Victoria border, before entering the sea in South Australia. The town of Echuca, population 10,000, sits at the junction where the Campaspe and Goulburn Rivers join the Murray. In the 1880’s a massive red gum wharf over a kilometre long was built to accommodate the thriving river trade and Echuca was the busiest inland port in Australia. |
Paddle Steamer Emmylou on the Murray River
Photographer: Holger Leue
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Red Gum Wharf, Echuca
Courtesy Tourism Victoria |
Tourism is the main trade in Echuca now, and the waterfront section of the town has been completely preserved. It still operates the way it used to, and the riverboat culture is very much alive. There are also some impressive state forests and wineries nearby worth visiting. |
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Echuca Gardens YHA
103 Mitchell St
Echuca, VIC 3564
Phone (03) 5480 6522
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Nomads Oasis Echuca
410 High St
Echuca, VIC 3564
Phone (03) 5480 7866 |
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By Bus
V/Line operate to here from Melbourne and various other places.
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Echuca-Moama Visitor Information Centre
2 Heygarth St, Echuca
Phone: 1800 804 446
Click here to e-mail |
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