Houseboat on the Murray River

Mildura (including Irymple, Merbein and Gol Gol)
Major regional centre on the Murray River
Mildura is a major regional city of some 22 000 people located near the north-western tip of the state and at the centre of an area known as 'Sunraysia'. The settlement is 560 km north-west of Melbourne and 50 m above sea-level. It is flanked to the north by the Murray River (marking the state border) which extends for 2530 km, making it one of the longest navigable rivers in the world with a catchment area covering 14 per cent of the continent.

The streets of Mildura provide a clue as to the economic basis of the area, having names like Orange, Lemon, Lime, Valencia, Avocado, Cherry, Muscat, Vineyard, Olive and Walnut. The district supplies 80% of Australia's dried fruit, 15% of its citrus fruit, 85 per cent of the state's winemaking grapes and it possesses the second and third largest packing companies in the world.

Mildura is also a riverside resort, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. In this regard it is literally an oasis in the desert and its paddlesteamers, lush golf course and other attractions are a welcome site after many kilometres of consistently dry brown terrain and wheat fields.

The area is thought to have been occupied by the Keramin Aborigines before white settlement. The first European in the vicinity was probably Charles Sturt who passed the townsite on his journey along the Murray in 1830.

The first station in the area was 'Yerre Yerre', established in 1847 by Frank Jenkins but, as he didn't obtain a licence, the Jamieson brothers, with 6000 sheep, took over the property within a few months. Prophetically they also planted some grape vines. In 1858 the property was renamed 'Mildura' after a Keramin word speculatively thought to mean 'red earth', due to the red soils of the area, or 'sore eyes', allegedly a tribute to the problems caused by the vast fly population. The Jamiesons sold the property in 1874, just in time to escape devastating rabbit plagues.

The inception of the town dates from 1886 when Alfred Deakin travelled to California to investigate the model irrigation settlements established in the Californian desert by Canadians William and George Chaffey. Deakin, then commissioner for public works and later prime minister, was interested in the possibility of irrigating the semi-arid areas of the north for agricultural development at a time when the Mallee was a semi-arid region, as yet unsettled by Europeans.

The Chaffeys, with undue haste, sold up their Californian interests for a song and acquired land at Mildura and Renmark. They planned the town on their Californian models - streets running east-west with numerical names, and avenues with American names running north-south. At 12.1 km the town's main thoroughfare (named after Deakin) is the longest straight avenue in the country. The original town plan was to incorporate tram lines so it is also notable for its great width. The central plantations contain a fine band rotunda (1915), an attractive fountain and many gum and palm trees, personally planted by William Chaffey whose contribution to the town is recognised by a statue (1929) in Deakin Ave.

A promotional scheme was set in motion in 1887 and, despite transportation difficulties (the nearest train station was 163 km away) there were 3300 settlers (mostly new British migrants) by 1891. They cleared hundreds of hectares, built fences and dug irrigation channels. The brothers imported two enormous engines for the pumping station and, by 1893, the first fruits were being marketed. The dried fruit industry emerged due to problems with transporting fresh fruits to the Melbourne markets. The town also became an important river port. Interestingly it began as a temperance town (like the California settlements) and remained without a pub until the Grand Hotel was opened in 1918.

Despite considerable achievements, the settlement was soon crippled by the nationwide depression of the 1890s, rabbit plagues, a devastating drought, dubious business associates, technical problems, transportation difficulties, settler dissatisfaction with and parliamentary hostility towards the brothers' management, inflammatory press coverage, foreclosed mortgages and the liquidation, in 1894, of Chaffey Brothers Ltd. George Chaffey returned to America but William remained to become a significant member of the business community. He established a winery at Irymple in 1888, set up the Mildura Winery (now the Mildara Blass Winery) at Merbein in 1911, and became the town's first mayor in 1920.

A railway line through to Melbourne was completed in 1903 which greatly aided produce transportation and the town slowly crawled its way to prosperity with the help of the various governments. The 1920s were a time of considerable consolidation. 1000 soldier settlers were granted land here after World War I, leading to the establishment of Merbein and a general expansion.

To boost the dried-fruit industry, an American-style, nation-wide promotional campaign was orchestrated by local businessman and character C.J. De Garis. A public competition seeking a slogan for the area's raisins and sultanas produced the term 'sun-raysed' which was soon incorporated into pamphlets, recipe books, children's books, cartoons, music (the 'Sun-Raysed Waltz') and free screenings in the capital cities of a film about Mildura. De Garis produced a local newspaper he named the Sunraysia Daily, had the slogan blazoned across the skies over Melbourne by a skywriter and opened a Sunraysia Cafe in Melbourne staffed by young women from Mildura who were 'raised on Sunraysia raisins'. Even the influenza epidemic of 1919 was fodder for promotion:

'I fear no more the dreaded 'flu,
For Sunraysed fruits will see me through.'

De Garis helped to expose another writer and colourful swindler named George Henry Cochrane who wrote for the Bulletin as Grant Hervey. Recently released from prison for forgery and uttering, Cochrane emerged in Mildura in 1919. Sporting a 'rank but not-too-well-sustained American accent' he fraudulently presented himself as an American named Hervey G. Madison, the 'gigantic brain that was to lead Mildura to its destiny'. After holding a local audience of 2000 spellbound with his oratory for 90 minutes he sought financial backing for a fraudulent scheme to secede from Victoria and form the new state of 'Greater Mildura' under his leadership. Subscriptions began to flow but De Garis revealed Cochrane's true identity and criminal record and used his role as a local newspaper editor to sustain the attack.

When De Garis hit financial difficulties in 1921 Cochrane reappeared and sought revenge by alleging De Garis's bankruptcy. To defend his honour local citizens formed a 'vigilance committee', tarred and feathered Cochrane and ran him out of town. Unfortunately, De Garis's financial position worsened and after some farcical episodes, including a faked suicide, he took his life in 1926. He left behind a semi-autobiographical novel called The Victories of Failure (1925).

Mildura became a borough in 1920, a town in 1922 and a city in 1934. Of some interest is the fact that millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated £2000 in 1908 to build the free public library in Deakin St.

The Mildura Arts Festival is held in March, an International Balloon Fiesta at the end of June, a folk festival in July, a Country Music Week in the September school holidays, a Jazz & Wine Festival in October or November and the Mildura Show in October.

Things to see:  

6 Chaffey Avenue, Mildura

Tourist Information and the Chaffey Trail
Mildura Tourist Information Centre at the corner of Deakin Ave and Twelfth St is open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily, until 4.00 p.m. on Saturday and from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on Sunday. They can furnish information on local tour operators who explore local Aboriginal heritage, wineries and national parks. Tours and accommodation can also be booked here. The centre has a guiding brochure for the Chaffey Trail which takes you around some of the area's historic site, tel: (03) 5021 4424 or free-call (1800) 039 043.

If you walk along to, and turn down, Eleventh St you will soon come to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment office at the corner with Langtree Parade. It can furnish information on national and state parks in the area, tel: (03) 5022 3000.

Mildura Arts Centre and Rio Vista Museum
The Arts Centre combines an art gallery, a theatre and an historical museum at 'Rio Vista', the gracious and carefully preserved brick homestead of town founder W.B. Chaffey. It was built for his family in 1889-1890, although his wife died in childbirth before its completion and the newborn son died several months later.

The interior features Murray pine, red gum and jarrah and is decorated with Italian floor tiles and stained-glass windows. The upstairs bedrooms contain displays relating to colonial and Aboriginal history, including furniture, photographs, period costumes, letters and other memorabilia.

Rio Vista in the rain, Mildura

The gallery's European section includes a work by Degas. Australian painters include Arthur Streeton and Fred McCubbin. There is also a sculpture collection.

The complex is open weekdays from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and weekends from 1.00 p.m.to 5.00 p.m., tel: (03) 5023 3733. It is located at the corner of Chaffey Ave and Cureton Ave, opposite the beautiful Rio Vista Park which contains a number of outdoors sculptures and an amphitheatre. From the edge of the park, by the river's shore, you can see Lock 11 and Lock Island, completed in 1928 to regulate the flow of irrigation water. In daylight hours you can cross the lock and visit the island or watch the steamers passing through.

Have a look over the road at the exterior of the fine Queen Anne-style building known as 'The Bungalow', now privately owned.

Old Mildura Homestead
Nearby, in Cureton Ave, is a red-gum slab homestead which is a replica of the first home in the district, erected on this site by the Chaffey brothers in the late 1840s. The brothers later added a brick extension which has also been recreated. Other buildings include a woolshed and stables. There are displays relating to irrigation and the town's riverboat past. Scattered about the reserve are a number of historic items including a Dethbridge wheel and a recreated irrigation channel. The complex is open from 9.00 a.m. to dusk daily, tel: (03) 5023 7853. 150 m further along Cureton Ave, turn right to see the graves of the Chaffey family.

Cycleway and Apex Park
A 3-km cycleway starts by the Old Mildura Homestead and follows the river north to Apex Park, from whence there are fine views of the Murray. Bikes can be hired from the Apex Park kiosk. There is a caravan park with powered sites set in the state forest, where boating, fishing and swimming can be enjoyed. Road access is via Pioneer Way.

Paddlesteamer Cruises
Also on the riverbank is the Mildura Wharf, opposite the end of Madden Ave. Old paddlesteamers and showboats ply the waters here, recalling the days before the railways when the inland river trade was a major means of intra-national transport. The Melbourne (1912) is still run by steampower and you can watch the original boiler being stoked. Among its services, the Rothbury (1881) makes weekly trips to Golden Zoo Park and Trentham Winery. The showboat Avoca (1877) offers night-time cruises with dinner, music and dancing while the Coonawarra (1894) undertakes cruises of 3-5 nights with accommodation. Ring the visitors' centre for bookings.

The Buronga Boatman
Opposite the wharf, on the NSW side of the Murray, is The Buronga Boatman which hires out power boats, canoes and kayaks for those who want to explore the river for themselves, tel: (03 5023 5874). There are many local companies offering houseboats for hire (see accommodation listings).

Mildura Pioneer Cottage
Tours are conducted here of a memorabilia collection relating to the town's early days. It is open from 9.15 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily and is located at 3 Hunter St, which runs off Deakin Ave, tel: (03) 5023 3742.

Langtree Hall
Built c.1889 this was Mildura's first public hall. The pine interior has been restored and it now houses a display featuring local memorabilia and dolls from around the world. There is a collection of christening gowns in the children's room of the restored cottage (pre 1900). It is located at 79 Walnut Ave and is open every day but Monday from 10.00 a.m. until 4.00 p.m., tel: (03) 5021 3090.

Dolls on the Avenue
Dolls on the Avenue is a museum with a collection of 3000 dolls dating back to c.1800. Other toys and war memorabilia are part of the collection and there is a gift shop. They are located on Benetook Ave, between 17th & 18th Streets, and are open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on weekdays, school and public holidays, tel: (03) 5025 7113.

Kids' Stuff
Mildura Fun Centre is located at the corner of 7th St and Orange Ave and is open seven days and nights, tel: (03) 5023 3663. Other attractions are Sunraysia Tenpin Bowling (King Ave), Sun City Rollerama (The Crescent) and a go-kart centre (The Crescent). If you follow 17th St westwards towards Merbein for 3 km then, by Lake Hawthorn, is Snakes 'n' Ladders, a 6-ha fun park with mini-golf, go-karts, a 50-m slippery dip, a collection of toilets used by famous Australians and many other items. It is open daily, tel: (03) 5025 3575.

Capogreco Winery
Capogreco Winery is a small family operation specialising in Italian-style wines which is located in Riverside Ave, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Sts. It is basically open daily from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. but Sunday visitors and coach tour operators should call first, tel: (03) 5022 1431.

Woodsie's Gem Shop
Head east out of town along Eleventh St and turn left into Morpung Ave. At the corner of Morpung and Cureton Ave is one of the largest jewellery manufacturing complexes in the country, open daily from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Woodsie's contains gems from around the world and you can see the jewellery being manufactured in the cutting and grinding display at 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Aladdin's Cave contains the family's private collection. It has fossils, glowing crystals and rocks. There is a one-acre garden maze, a cafeteria in a waterfall setting and playground equipment for children, tel: (03) 5024 5797.

Kings Billabong and Psyche Bend Pumphouse
Either turn right into Cureton Ave and follow it to the intersection with Eleventh St, or pursue Eleventh St eastwards until it meets up with Cureton Ave. By this intersection is a lookout over Kings Billabong which became the first water supply for the Chaffeys' Mildura irrigation settlement in 1889. Nature walks can be commenced from here.

If you follow Cureton Ave southwards you will pass a dry-weather road on the left that leads into the reserve which contains river red gum forest, black box woodland and saline shrubland. It is a fine spot for bush camping, picnicking, boating, nature studies and walking. The unsealed road leads to Psyche Bend Pumphouse which contained the engine that pumped the water from the billabong to the fledgling settlement. It is being restored as a museum with displays and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and Sundays from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 pm.. For further information ring (03) 5024 1904.

Merbein and Mildara Winery
Further along the River Rd, as you approach Merbein (9 km from Mildura), you will come to Pump Hill. To the right is the Merbein pumping station. Turn here into River Ave to visit Mildara Blass Winery which was established at Irymple in 1888 and at this site in 1913. It specialises in fortified wines though red and white table wines and sparkling wines are also produced. The cellar door is open weekdays from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on weekends, tel: (03) 5025 2303.

There is a lookout over the river, as well as picnic and barbecue facilities in a parkland setting. Merbein was originally called White Cliffs after these steep slopes beside the Murray. It was changed in 1909 to 'Merbein' after the Aboriginal word for the same cliffs.

Merbein Common
At the end of River Ave take a hard left onto Whiting St and follow the road down the hill. Where the bitumen runs out a dirt road heads off to the right and this is the entry point for Merbein Common. This was the site of the original pump which serviced the Merbein Irrigation Area. Today it is a good spot for boating, swimming, fishing, walking or having a barbecue. For further information ring (03) 5024 1904.

Kremor's Model Aircrafts
Along the Calder Highway, about halfway between Merbein and Wentworth (before you cross the river), is a display of over 500 model aircraft, ships and army vehicles. It is open from 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily, tel: (03) 5025 2987.

Wallpolla, Mulcra and Lindsay Islands
Walpolla Island is sandwiched between Wallpolla Creek and the Murray River, 25 km west of Merbein. Fishing, boating and camping can all be pursued amidst the seasonal lakes and floodplain vegetation of red gums, saltbush plains and grasslands. The island contains a number of middens and hearths as a reminder of its long pre-colonial history. In the European era, grazing and forestry were practiced here.

To get there, head west along the Sturt Highway for about 10 km, past Merbein South, then turn right, heading north on the Meridian Rd (bitumen). After about 8 km you will come to the 'First Grid'. Turn left here onto the dirt road known as the Mail Route, heading west until you each the 'Fifth Grid'. Turn right here to Wallpolla Island.

Further west on the Mail Route are Mulcra Island and Lindsay Island. Another approach to these two is to head north off the Sturt Highway at Meringur North (82 km west of Mildura). After 14 km you will reach the Mail Route at Neds Corner which is opposite Mulcra Island. Turn left onto the Mail Route for Lindsay Island. For further information ring (03) 5024 1904.

Lake Cullulleraine
58 km west of Mildura along the Sturt Highway is the small township of Cullulleraine. The nearby lake is fringed by black box and reeds. Boating, swimming, fishing, yabbying, picnicking and camping can all be pursued and there are powered caravan sites. A 10.4-km walking-cycling track rings the lake or you can take the shorter route (5 km). For further information ring the two caravan parks on (03) 5028 2252 or (03) 5028 2226.

Over the Border
If you cross the George Chaffey Bridge it will take you across the border to Buronga in NSW. A left turn at the roundabout onto the Silver City Highway will take you to Orange World, Stanley Winery and Australian Inland Botanical Gardens. A right turn onto the Sturt Highway will take you to Gol Gol, Gol Gol Fisheries and Trentham Estate Winery and Restaurant. For further information on these attractions see the entry on Wentworth.

Alambie Wines
Just to the south of Irymple, as the highway veers right, a signpost directs you to continue straight ahead to Alambie Wines (in Campbell Ave). Established in 1975 it produces chardonnay, cabernet, sauvignon blanc, riesling and cabernet/merlot. The cellar door is open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Monday to Saturday. Coach tours are welcome on Sundays, tel: (03) 5024 6800. A picnic area is available.

Ballooning
Hot-air balloon trips are available from Cameron's Balloons, tel: (03) 5021 2876.

Tours
Mallee Outback Experiences operate guided, informative tours of the Mungo and Hattah-Kulkyne National Parks, the Chaffey Trail and an emu farm, tel: (03) 5021 1621.

Ponde Tours take small groups on tours to Lake Mungo. Cultural camps to Wompinni Station, near Lake Victoria, are available for school groups featuring camping, boomerang throwing, didgeridoo playing and dreamtime stories, tel: (03) 5023 2488.

	Tourist Information
	Mildura Tourist Information Centre 101 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 4424, 1800 039 043 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1836
	Motels
	Best Western Sandors Motor Inn 179 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0047 Facsimile: (03) 5022 2395 Rating: ***1/2
	City Colonial Motor Inn 24 Madden Ave P.O. Box 3214 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1800 Facsimile: (03) 5023 4520 Rating: ****
	City Gate Motel Cnr Magnolia & Seventh Sts Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 1077 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1438 Rating: ***1/2
	Comfort Inn Chaffey International 244 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5833 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1972 Rating: ****
	Cottonwood Motel 326 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5166 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1534 Rating: ***
	Irymple Motel/Hotel Cnr Karadoc Ave & Calder Hwy Irymple 3498 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5024 5506 Rating: **
	Kar-Rama Motor Inn 153 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 4221 Facsimile: (03) 5021 3334 Rating: **1/2
	Mid City Plantation Motel 145 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0317 Facsimile: (03) 5021 2552 Rating: ***1/2
	Mildura all Seasons Motor Inn 433 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3266 Facsimile: (03) 5023 5455 Rating: ***1/2
	River City Motel Cnr Calder Hwy & San Mateo Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5177 Facsimile: (03) 5021 2155 Rating: ***1/2
	Seventh Street Motel 153 Seventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1796, 1800 152 050 Facsimile: (03) 5023 7691 Rating: ***1/2
	Sunraysia Motel 441 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0137 Facsimile: (03) 5022 2638 Rating: ***
	The New Deakin Motor Inn 413 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0218 Facsimile: (03) 5021 3193 Rating: ***
	Three States Motel 847 Fifteenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3735, (03) 5023 7310 Facsimile: (03) 5023 3735 Rating: ***
	Vineland Motel 363 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 4036 Rating: **1/2
	Boulevard Motor Inn 385 Deakin Ave P.O. Box 2810 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5023, 1800 061 001 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1675 Rating: ****
	Commodore Motel Cnr Deakin Ave & Seventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0241 Facsimile: (03) 50211585 Rating: ****
	Flag Central Motel cnr Tenth St & Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1177 Facsimile: (03) 5021 3280 Rating: ***1/2
	Mildura Inlander Sun Resort 373 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3823 Facsimile: (03) 5023 7610 Rating: ****1/2
	Mildura Park Motel 250 Eighth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0479 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1651 Rating: ***1/2
	Mildura Plaza Motor Inn Motel 836 Calder Hwy Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1155, 1800 033 146 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1844 Rating: ***1/2
	Murray View Motel Cnr Seventh St & San Mateo Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1200 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1199 Rating: ***1/2
	Orana Motor Inn 2101 Calder hwy Irymple Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5024 5903 Facsimile: (03) 5024 5903 Rating: ***1/2
	Quality Resort Mildura 373 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3823 Facsimile: (03) 5023 7610 Rating: ****1/2
	Early Australian Motor Inn 453 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1011 Facsimile: (03) 5021 2929 Rating: ****
	Comfort Inn Mildura on Deakin 376 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 7377, 1800 804 467 Facsimile: (03) 5023 7065 Rating: ***1/2
	Hotels
	Hotel Mildura 8th St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0365
	Mildura Gateway Tavern Cnr San Mateo Ave & Fifteenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 3288
	Sandbar Winebar Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 2181
	Mildura Grand Hotel Resort Seventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0511 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1801 Rating: ***1/2
	Bed & Breakfast/Guesthouses
	Rosemont Guesthouse 154 Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1535 Facsimile: (03) 5023 1535 Rating: ****
	Apartments
	Acacia Holiday Apartments Calder Hwy Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3855 Rating: ***
	Callistomon Holiday Apartments Cnr Ninth St & Olive Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 8975 Rating: ***
	Camellia Court Holiday Apartments 169 Cureton Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1834, (03) 5023 4244 Rating: ****
	Colonial Court Holiday Apartments Cnr Chaffey Ave & Eighth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 2430 Rating: ***
	Landura Holiday Apartments 226 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0674 Rating: ***
	Murrayland Holiday Apartments 757 Fifteenth St P.O. Box 188 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1362 Facsimile: (03) 5021 2949 Rating: ***
	Sunraysia Motel 441 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0137 Facsimile: (03) 5022 2638 Rating: ***1/2
	Sunraysia Resort Holiday Apartments 300 Tenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 2511 Rating: ****
	Green Patch Holiday Apartments 884 Fifteenth St P.O. Box 1001 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3784 Facsimile: (03) 5023 0035 Rating: ****
	Aarinda Holiday Apartments 3 Elizabeth Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 2601, 1800 637 269 Facsimile: (03) 5021 3094 Rating: ****
	Carn Court Holiday Apartments Cnr Fifteenth St & San Mateo Ave P.O. Box 2148 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 6311 Facsimile: (03) 5021 3283 Rating: ****
	Yerre-Yerre Holiday Flats 293 Cureton Ave P.O. Box 16 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 1526 Facsimile: (03) 5021 4321 Rating: ****
	Holiday Homes & Units
	Albatross Holiday Villas 30 Olive Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0542 Rating: ****
	Mildura Greensview Holiday Homes 428 Eleventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 4654 Rating: ****
	Sandpiper Villas 274 Walnut Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 2200 Rating: ***
	Cottages & Cabins
	Kookaburra Village Cottages 265 Tenth St P.O. Box 1882 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: 0417 145 477, (03) 5022 1323 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1858 Rating: ***
	Farm & Eco Holidays
	Turlee Station Stay Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5029 7208
	Caravan Parks
	Orange Grove Caravan Park 2109 Fifteenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5024 5555 Rating: **
	Palms Caravan Park Cnr Cowra & Cureton Aves P.O. Box 1 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1774 Rating: ***
	Sun City Caravan Park Cnr Cureton & Benetook Aves Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 2325 Rating: ***
	Sun Siesta Village Caravan Park Sturt Hwy P.O. Box 1374 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1185 Rating: ***
	Calder Caravan Park Calder Hwy P.O. Box 427 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1310 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1394 Rating: ****
	All Season Caravan Park 820 Fifteenth St P.O. Box 1408 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3375 Facsimile: (03) 5023 4537 Rating: ****
	Apex Caravan Park Cureton Ave P.O. Box 123 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (02) 5023 2309 Rating: ***
	Cross Roads Holiday Park Cnr Deakin Ave & Fifteenth St P.O. Box 1221 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3239 Rating: ****
	Desert City Holiday Park Calder Hwy P.O. Box 1392 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 1533 or (03) 5023 4060 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1533 Rating: ****
	Golden River Caravan Gardens Flora Ave P.O. Box 2247 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: 1800 621 262 Facsimile: (03) 5021 1364 Rating: ***
	Lake Hawthorn Caravan Park Seventeenth St P.O. Box 630 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1687 Rating: ***
	Leisure Life Caravan Park Cnr Walnut Ave & Sturt Hwy P.O. Box 1105 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1914 Rating: ***
	Mildura & Deakin Caravan Park Deakin Ave P.O. Box 1252 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0486 Rating: ****
	River Road Caravan Park Mildura-Merbein Rd P.O. Box 55 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5025 2772 Rating: ***
	Houseboats
	Mildura Holiday Houseboats South Bank of Murray River P.O. Box 249 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 4414
	Riverqueen Houseboat Bruces Bend Marina P.O. Box 924 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 2955 or (03) 5024 8654
	Sunseeker Houseboats Bruces Bend Marina Merbein 3505 Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5025 1101
	Restaurants
	Barney's Seafood Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 2166
	Bel - Jardin Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 7377
	Belvue Restaurant Cnr Seventh St & Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0241
	Blooms Teahouse Fifteenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0836
	Boulevard Motor Inn Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5023
	Brolga Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3823
	Caltex Quick Bite Cnr San Mateo Ave & Calder Hwy Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3214
	Central Motel Cnr Tenth St & Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1179
	Chaffey Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 5833
	City Colonial Motor Inn Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1800
	Doms Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 3822
	Dragon Tower Chinese Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1925
	Early Australian Motor Inn Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1011
	Etiwanda Take Aways Etiwanda Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1439
	Garlands Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1666 Facsimile: (03) 5022 0466
	Jessica's Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 1466
	Jewel Of India Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 6255
	Kings Palace Chinese Restaurant Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0994
	Lauretz Of Langtree Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 1722
	Marias Pizza & Pasta Palace Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 7713
	Maureens Coffee Lounge Langtree Plaza Shopping Centre Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3982
	Mildura Country Club Motel 12th St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3966
	Mildura Gateway Tavern Cnr San Mateo Ave & Fifteenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 3288
	Mildura Grand Hotel Resort Seventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0511
	Mildura Inlander Sun Resort 373 Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 3823 Facsimile: (03) 5023 7610
	Paul's Restaurant Cnr Madden Ave & Tenth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1179
	Reflections By The Lake Benetook Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5022 3749
	Regal Chinese Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 3688
	Rendezvous Restaurant & Bistro Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1571
	Showboat Avoca Restaurant Murray River Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1166
	Siam Palace Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 7737
	Springfields Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1011
	Stefanos Grand Hotel Seventh St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0511 Facsimile: (03) 5022 1801
	Taco Bill Mexican Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 6204
	Taste Of India Restaurant Langtree Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 2243
	The Bay Tree Restaurant Eighth St Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1244
	The Retreat Restaurant Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0218
	The Tasty Retreat Restaurant Cnr Eighth St & Lime Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 2657
	Wirraway Bistro Madden Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 1750
	Best Western Sandor's Motor Inn Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5023 0047
	Cafés
	The Venue Cafe Deakin Ave Mildura VIC 3502 Telephone: (03) 5021 1666