» Australia : Riverina :: Australia Travel Destinations

Australia : Riverina

Filed under:

Australia Travel

Riverina

Dry, brown, and flat, much of the Riverina’s terrain doesn’t look like a land suited for farming, yet heavy irrigation has turned the soil into fertile plains. Although not a prime sight-seeing destination, the Riverina attracts budget travelers seeking seasonal farm or fruit-picking labor in order to save up for more exciting destinations. Two rivers fertilize the system; the Murrumbidgee starts as a trickle in the Snowy Mountains and then widens into a major waterway that eventually joins the Murray.

Related Travel Information

Australia : New South Wales

New South Wales From a historical perspective, there's no disputing that New South Wales is Australia's premier state. It was here that British convicts lived through die first bitter years of colonization, dreaming of what might lie beyond the impassable Blue Mountains, and here that explorers first broke through the Great Dividing Range, opening the interior of the country for settlement and ensuring the stability of the colony. In the central plains and on the rich land of the Riverina, Merino wool and agricultural suc�cess provided the state with its first glimpses of prosperity. Then, in 1851, prospec�tors struck gold just