Mildura Tours

Situated on the banks of the magnificent Murray River, Mildura is a fast growing regional center surrounded by a huge variety of irrigated agricultural crops which makes it more like a desert oasis. Mildura Tours, Australia is even more appealing because of its agricultural production.

Mildura is better known as the center of " Victoria's Food Bowl" and it is a major producer of wine and citrus fruits like oranges. During your Mildura tours, Australia you should definitely try the local grapes produced here. Mildura, known for its grape production supplies eighty percent of Victoria's grapes.

Mildura is very well connected by road, rail and air. It lies on the intersection of Sturt Highway from Adelaide to Sydney and the Calder Highway to Melbourne via Bendigo. There is a railway connection to Melbourne from Mildura. The airport at Mildura is also the third busiest airport in Victoria.

Mildura has been named "Sunraysia" by the public relations industry. The reason for this is here the sun shines almost all the time. While on your Mildura Tours, Australia you will discover that the main beauty of the place lies in the Murray River. The mild and sunny winters and the scenic beauty of the banks have made Mildura a very popular holiday destination.

The cruises on the river Murray make Mildura tours at Australia all the more exciting. If you want you can also hire house boats. The town of Mildura has an attractive main street, 12 km long, where there is a broad strip of grass, flower beds and trees in the middle. This street is better known as Deakin Avenue which is also the longest straight avenue in Australia. While planning your Mildura tours in Australia you should also visit the former home of the Chaffey brothers. At present this has been converted into a museum.

Every year Mildura organizes many annual festivals like Mildura Country Music Festival, the Jazz and wine festival, the International Ballon Fiesta, Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival and the Mildura Show. All these have contributed towards making Mildura one of the major tourist destinations in Australia.