Deniliquin Tourist Information

Deniliquin Population:  7,816

Deniliquin Location:  760km South West of Sydney

Tourist Information:  Sunshine year round, bowling, golf, fishing, shooting, bushwalking, bird watching, racetrack, squash & lawn tennis courts, water skiing, Olympic pool, island sanctuary, tourist drives, national red gum forests.  Peppin Heritage Centre, Waring Gardens, largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere.

Please Note: Information below is taken from Visit NSW (opens in new window) website.

Things to do

• Go waterskiing, canoeing or line fishing in and around the Edward River’s sandy beaches and lagoons.
• Visit the Island Sanctuary, home to wildlife such as kangaroos, possums and bats.
• Go bushwalking in Barmah State Forest among 5,000-year-old red gums.
• Check out the big Ute on a Pole, near the National Bridge, commemorating Deniliquin’s status as the ute capital of the world.
• Take the Long Paddock River Walk, beginning at the Peppin Heritage Centre and finishing at the nearby Island Sanctuary. This is just a small section of the stock route known as the Long Paddock that passes through the eastern states of Australia.

Don’t miss

• Swan Hill’s Pioneer Settlement, a re-creation of a port town of the paddle-steamer era.
• A cruise on a paddle-steamer from Echuca–Moama or Swan Hill.
• Learning about the history of Deniliquin’s wool industry at the Peppin Heritage Centre.
• The Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum, Swan Hill.
• The Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, which focuses on post-1970s and naïve art.

Events

• Riverboats Jazz Food & Wine Festival, Echuca–Moama, in February.
• Steam, Horse and Vintage Rally, Echuca–Moama, in June.
• Winter Blues Festival, Echuca–Moama, in July.
• Deni Ute Muster, Deniliquin, in September.
• Heritage Steam Festival, Port Echuca, in October.