Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Echuca on Murray river - border town with Moama



Arrived here this afternoon Echuca is on Victorian side of the Murray river & Moama on NSW side


All this area along the river went under in the last floods


Echuca wharf


Echuca port restoration began in 1973 & completed the following year & is now the major attraction for tourists.  Nowhere else would you have the opportunity to witness the old world charm of shipwrights & blacksmiths @ work



Echuca is Australia's paddlesteamer capital


Restoration work on the famous Echuca wharf


In it's heyday Echuca was the largest inland port


 The movie "All the rivers run" was shot in & around the port area







 
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