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
Thorn Tree forum discussion
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RE: Farm work
by habby 15 September 2011
I suggest you have a look at the harvest trail website and downloadable document that gives an excellent overview of fruit picking and…
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RE: Farming / Fruit Picking Work
by habby 04 September 2011
You say you have looked at the harvest trail website. I suggest you call them on their hotline 1800 062 332. This service is funded by…
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RE: Fruit picking in victoria
by habby 04 July 2011
The tone of most of the posts was that there is nothing much happening in Victoria over the Nov to Jan period, for example - “I think…
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