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What to See & Do in Echuca - Moama

Introduction

Echuca - Moama, the paddlesteamer capital of Australia is an ideal holiday destination. Just two and a half hours from Melbourne, it offers loads of things to do. Visit the historic Port of Echuca to discover the early history of the region when Echuca-Moama was a bustling riverport. Experience the Murray River, Australia’s largest river. Travel in a paddlesteamer, go fishing, swimming, canoeing or waterskiing. You can also use Echuca-Moama as a base to explore nearby towns, magnificent red gum forests, wetlands and other nearby attractions. You'll be delighted with the huge variety of shops, restaurants, cafes. Echuca-Moama enjoys a wonderful climate, perfect for holidays - whatever the season. Echuca-Moama will keep you on the go with things to see and do, appealing to every age group and taste.

P.S. Adelaide, P.S. Alexander Arbuthnot and P.S. Pevensey

moored at the Echuca Wharf

Attractions Include:

The Historic Port of Echuca: Experience living history at the Port of Echuca on a self guided Port Tour. Purchase a Port Tour Ticket and you can spend the day exploring Echuca's Heritage!

Tread the boards on the redgum wharf built in 1865.

Echuca was the centre of The Murray River trade of the 1870s and 80s remains faithfully intact 100 years on. Here you can re-live the river boat days when Echuca was Australia's largest inland port. Two hundred trading boats carrying wool, grain and red gum passed through the port every year. The Port area is serviced by Murray Esplanade, a pedestrian walk flanked by fine 19th Century buildings. These have been faithfully restored so visitors can experience the sights and sounds of this heritage area. The magnificent red-gum wharf was nearly a mile long in its prime and is still fairly extensive. Three landing platforms at different levels allowed unloading, even during times of flooding, and there are wonderful views from the top, high over a bend in the river. Goods were transferred from train to steamer via this top level, and old train carriages sit on sidings here, piled high with trunks of red gum. You can wander below to the other levels, through a network of thick river-red-gum piles standing 12m high. When the river is not in flood, the restored paddlesteamers are moored at the lowest level. In the wharf cargo shed there’s a scale model of the working port and a ten-minute narrated audiovisual presentation.

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