Riverina Travel Destinations Towns NSW
Wagga
Wagga
Sitting
on the
Murrumbidgee
River,
Wagga
Wagga
is New
South
Wales'
largest
inland
town
and
the
centre
for
industry,
agriculture,
and
education
in the
area.
The
town
boasts
a beautiful
Botanic
Gardens
with
nine
hectares
of brilliant
floral
displays,
exotic
hothouse
flowers
and
rainforest.
In another
park
is the
zoo
and
the
former
council
chambers
house and
fine art
gallery.
Griffith
Designed
by Walter
Burley
Griffin,
the
architect
who
designed
Canberra,
Griffith
is situated
in the
heart
of the
rich
farming
land
created
by the
Murrumbidgee
Irrigation
Scheme.There
are
many
market
gardens
and
a strong
mediterranean
look
and
feel
to the
town
with
half
the
population
of 15
000
being
of Italian
extraction.
There
are
close
to 20
wineries
in the area
where
you
can
taste
the
local
produce.
Deniliquin
Named
by the
bushranger
Ben
Boyd
after
a local
aboriginal
leader
who
was
a mighty
wrestler,
Deniliquin
is a
town
full
of stories
and
relics
of a
colorful
past.
The
town
is legendary
in the
wool
trade
being
where
the
Peppin,
a bigger
framed
merino
which
could
stand
up to
the
harsh
conditions
of the
area
was
born.
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