Located within the Sunraysia district, a semi-arid region, Mildura is an oasis of endless sunshine, lush golf courses, citrus groves, vineyards and sandy river beaches. This very relaxed city of 24,000 residents is the perfect place to base yourself for your own outback adventure.
 There is plenty in Mildura to keep you amused. Gallery 25 is the latest venture of the town's resident celebrity chef Stefano De Pieri. This is Mildura's first contemporary commercial art gallery and its aim is to showcase exhibitions of local and national artists.
Food, wine and fresh produce, is the main attraction of this town. Irrigated waters from the Murray River provide ideal conditions for growing all types of fruits; grains and over 50 percent of Australia's wines are produced within this region. Stop along one of the many farm gates to remind yourself just how delicious fresh oranges, stone fruits and berries really are.
Tour the cellar doors and sample award winning wines with big names such as Lindemans and Mildara Blass.
Grab a gourmet hamper and spend a leisurely afternoon feasting amongst the river red gums, or if your feeling adventurous take advantage of the river activities such fishing, swimming, canoeing and water skiing.
If golf is your passion, then in you're in luck. Mildura is spoilt with around eight quality golf courses, which makes it a golfers' paradise.
Distance
- 550kms from Melbourne via Calder Highway
Highlights
- Mildura Country Music Festival in September
- Mildura Arts Festival in March
- International Balloon Fiesta in June,
- Folk Festival in July
- Mildura Show in October.
Activities
- 'Rio Vista', a gracious carefully preserved brick homestead of town founder W.B. Chaffey. Combines an art centre, gallery and historical museum.
- Hire a bike and cycle along the 3-km cycleway starts by the Old Mildura Homestead and follows the river north to Apex Park. Bikes can be hired from the Apex Park kiosk.
- Boating, fishing and swimming in the state forest with facilities caravan park with such as powered sites
- Golden River Zoo, a private zoo with 3500 birds in an aviary and 400 animals, including camels, monkeys, goats, wombats and kangaroos in a riverside parkland setting
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Phillip Island, is home to the little fairy penguins where visitors can watch evening parades of the penguins returning back to their burrows from their daily outing at sea catching white bait for their young.
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