Introducing Mildura
After driving for hours past unchanging, desolate, dusty, drought-plagued farmlands, you reach this thriving regional centre. The outskirts of Mildura loom up in the windscreen like an apparition – impossibly green, with huge vineyards and lush golf courses liberally watered by Murray River water. Mildura, meaning ‘red soil’, is a true oasis town, and as well as being one of the richest agricultural areas in Australia it’s a tourist town that’s promoted as a place of endless blue skies and sunshine. Once a citrus-growing region, Mildura and neighbouring Gol Gol and Wentworth in NSW are now largely given over to viticulture.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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