- The Murray River is Australia's most important inland waterway, flowing from the mountains of the Great Diving Range to the sea at Encounter Bay in South Australia, more than 2700km
- The third longest naviagble river in the world
- The river forms most of the border between Victoria and New South Wales
- Before roads and rail, paddlesteamers woud carry supplies to and caring wool from remote sheep stations and homesteads
- Echuca means 'the meeting of the waters' where the Goulburn and Campaspe Rivers meet the Murray
- Echuca was the busiest inland port in Australia, with the wharf being once over one kilometre long, lined with shops and hotels. Is still home to the largest operating riverboat fleet in the world
- The Barmah State park is the largest remaining Redgum Forest in Australia
- Rutherglen is one of Victoria's major wine-growing districts
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