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Mulwala
Town in New South Wales, Australia

Mulwala

Mulwala is a town in the Federation Council local government area in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia.

Plan a trip to Mulwala→From Melbourne

Situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray River, it forms a "twin town" with the larger town of Yarrawonga across the border in Victoria. At the 2021 census, Mulwala had a population of 2,557 people. The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word for 'rain'.

Get in

Getting to Mulwala

The quickest way to get to Yarrawonga-Mulwala is via car. While there are trains, they're infrequent and not a reliable way of getting here. But from Albury, it's a 1.5 hour drive west via the B400 Murray Valley Highway and from Melbourne it's a 4 hour drive via the M31 Hume Fwy and the C373 Benalla-Yarrawonga Rd.

See

Worth seeing

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    Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum

    151 Melbourne St, Mulwala,.

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    Yarrawonga Foreshore Reserve

    Foreshore reserve alongside Lake Mulwala.

Do

Things to do

The city of Mulwala in Victoria, Australia is known as one of the country's top sporting meccas. With the Murray River and Lake Mulwala in its environs, guests of the city are treated to the most exciting array of water sports.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Hardluck Coffee Co.

    123 Belmore St (C373),.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Mattinbgn (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.