Mildura Events - Mildura, Victoria, Australia
18 videos • 87 views • by Out and About Sunraysia Mildura is located approximately 550km from Melbourne and about 400km from Adelaide. The region is best known for Grape and Citrus crops but is also considered Victoria’s food bowl. With its beautiful year round weather it’s an ideal spot for many of the events that are put on throughout the region. The region of Sunraysia is located in northwestern Victoria and southwestern New South Wales in Australia. The region is renowned for its sunshine, tourism, intensive horticulture, including (but not limited to) grapes and oranges. The region is often refereed to as Victoria's food bowl and its main center is Mildura, Victoria. The area of Victoria to the west of Sunraysia is known as the Millewa, the main distinction being that Sunraysia is the irrigated area and the Millewa is the dryland cropping area where cereals are grown and sheep are grazed. Sunraysia is mostly contained in the Murray Darling wine region and produces about 70% of the states Grapes (wine and dried fruit) The name Sunraysia derives from a contest that entrepreneur Jack De Garis held in 1919, as part of a promotion on behalf of the Australian Dried Fruits Association. The public were invited to submit a name to describe the dried fruits grown in the Mildura area. The winning name was Sun-Raysed, which was modified as Sunraysia to describe the district as a whole. In 1920, De Garis started a newspaper in Mildura called the Sunraysia Daily, helping to establish the name. In addition to Mildura, the other major settlements in the district are Robinvale, Irymple, Red Cliffs, Merbein Wentworth, Dareton and Buronga-Gol Gol. www.outandaboutsunraysia.com.au https://www.mildura.vic.gov.au/Explor... #milduraevents #eventsmildura #whatsonmildura