Getting There -- Most visitors cross the river during an overland drive between cities. There are two ways to the Murray from Melbourne: the 2 1/2-hour route down the Midland Highway to Echuca, and the Calder Highway to Mildura, a 6-hour drive. Traveling from Melbourne to Mildura is practical only if you're continuing to Broken Hill, which is 297km (184 miles) north of Mildura. Those in a hurry to get to and from Sydney can travel via the river-straddling twin towns of Albury-Wodonga on the Hume Highway (about a 12-hr. trip with short stops).
Virgin Blue (tel. 13 67 89 in Australia; www.virginblue.com.au) and Qantas (tel. 13 13 13 in Australia; www.qantas.com.au) both operate daily flights to Mildura from Melbourne.
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