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Goulburn Valley district

Goulburn River

  • the upper Goulburn river is a lovely alpine stream which forms in the Victorian Alps and runs into Lake Eildon near Jamieson
  • the main Goulburn River is the outlet of Lake Eildon at Eildon which then runs north-westwards through Thornton, Alexandra, Molesworth, then to the north of Yea, to Trawool, Seymour, then turns northwards on its way to joining the Murray River east of Echuca - in so doing it passes through Nagambie, Murchison, Shepparton and under McCoys Bridge
  • much of its flood waters pass upstream in the Murray River into the Barmah State Forest and heads north up the Edward River to Deniliquin and then re-joins the Murray near Swan Hill

Shepparton:

  • the major regional city
  • hospital with an emergency department

North-west

South:

  • Rushworth:
    • small old gold-mining town 19km west of Murchison
    • Rushworth State Forest - largest box-ironbark forest in Victoria
    • Whroo old gold mining town
      • open cut mine tours
      • old cemetery
      • Aboriginal waterhole
      • free camping (Parks Victoria)
  • Murchison:
    • small town on the Goulburn River
  • Nagambie:
  • Seymour

South-East:

 

West:

australia/vic/goulburn.txt · Last modified: 2024/09/17 22:47 by gary1

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