Wander through Horseshoe Lagoon to the Moama Wharf and hop aboard the PS Melbourne for a one-hour sightseeing cruise, or a 90-minute BYO sunset cruise, both of which are free for children under 16 or a five-hour cruise to the Goulburn River junction, all with free all day parking.
Take the whole family to Wildergreen Moama and let the kids’ imaginations run wild in the Treehouse and The Playground, while you dine on wood-fired fare in Embr.
This year’s Rochester Sips and Sounds Festival is running alongside the Rochester Mural Festival and the Creative Seeds pop-up gallery.
Watch artists paint street art in real time at the mural park or join a workshop at the courthouse.
Rochester’s main street will come alive on March 28 with live music, workshops, sip and shop, free children’s activities, market and more.
You will have the kids jumping to the left and stepping to the right, doing the time warp, as Echuca-Moama Theatre Company unleashes The Rocky Horror Show in May.
If you have a family that likes to run until they stop, enter the Backyard Ultra marathon and run the same 6.72km course in an hour, every hour, with no end in sight.
For a more family-friendly run or walk, this year Echuca Moama will host a Mother’s Day Classic to support people affected by breast cancer.
Echuca Moama Model Aero Club will host two family fun events: the Fun Fly in March and a come-and-try day in April.
“Leave the kids at home” activities in autumn include overnight luxury cruising on the PS Australian Star or Fire & Rain – the James Taylor songbook at the Echuca Paramount on March 28.
There is so much fun to be had by the whole family this autumn in Echuca Moama
Jaci Hicken
Features journalist
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