Cobram, Victoria

Cobram, a rural township in northern Victoria, is on the Murray River, north of Shepparton. It is situated in the Murray Goulburn irrigation district.

Cobram has State primary and secondary schools, a Catholic primary school, four churches, motels, hotels and caravan parks, a hospital, saleyards, showgrounds, extensive indoor and outdoor sports facilities, beaches on the Murray River, a co-operative cheese and butter factory and a regional headquarters of Goulburn-Murray Water. There are orchards (mainly peach, pear and apple) on three sides of the town, and the Murray River and a linear State forest on the north-east side. Some orchardists have diversified into vegetable growing. Most fruit is processed by Shepparton canneries.

Pretty Murray town in a dairying district relying on the Murray for irrigation. It also produces peaches, grapes, citrus, wool, fat lambs and beef cattle. The Murray Goulburn Co-operative is a large dairy product processor. There is excellent fishing and boating in the Murray which has several sandbars and an extremely large beach.

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