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Friendly, laid-back country town, iconic river
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If you are after big attractions, this is not your place
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One of my best memories!
Murray River - Noreuil Park Foreshore
ettiewyn Says: Albury is located on the River Murray, and this was one of the main reasons why I had decided to visit the town: I really wanted to see this river.The town was an important stop for the steam ships that transported wood and later gold on the river, when the area was busy...
ettiewyn Says: Albury's railway station was built in 1881 during the gold rush. It served as a status symbol, especially to show the neighbouring town of Wodonga within the State of Victoria that Albury and New South Wales were Number One.The railway station was opened when the railway...
ettiewyn Says: I visited the Botanic Gardens on a sunny afternoon and I liked them very much. They are quite small, and are a very relaxing place with many beautiful plants. Due to some palm trees, the atmosphere was quite tropical, but also had a strong European touch because of some...
ettiewyn Says: The Regional Art Gallery shows contemporary arts, crafts and sculptures in permanent and changing exhibitions. Most works are by artists of the region, of the 20th century. Although usually I like older works more, I really enjoyed my visit to the gallery as it was very...
ettiewyn Says: The Crossing Place is a small museum that is located in the local library. It deals with Albury's history, especially a migration camp that was located in nearby Bongilla. After World War Two, migrants who arrived in Australia and went to this region had to live in the camp...
Kate-Me Says: The Hume Dam, when looking at it, seems enormous. Its total length 1 616 m. The total surface area when full is 20.2 square kms.It was built between 1919 and 1936 and is located immediately below the junction of the Murray and Mitta Mitta Rivers. The dam also has a hydro...
Kate-Me Says: The Ettamogah pub is worth visiting for a look around, or a drink or a meal. Just reading all the humourous signs keeps people busy for ages. Over the years they've developed the complex further to have an outside bar as well, which seems to be an old barn, used in the...
2 Reviews and 54 Opinions In 1986 My ex husband and I built this resort. It took us 12 months to build in the wettest yr on...
2 Reviews and 102 Opinions My family was very disappointed with our stay at the siesta. We stayed for 4 nights. The family room...
Albury Motor Village YHA: A pleasant place
ettiewyn Says: The Albury Motor Village YHA is a combination of motel, cabins, YHA hostel and campground. I stayed in the hostel and it was a very nice place. Besides one student, I was the only guest and therefore I had a room all on my own - what a treat!!! :-) I really enjoyed it. The...
Serviced Apartments: Quest Albury
Jackiesnatton Says: This hotel is really new in Albury. I stayed there about 6 weeks ago and it was very modern and very nice to stay in. Most hotels in Albury are outdated or quote oldfashioned, so this was a great find. I would definately reccomend it! My room had a really nice view, and it...
Raven72 Says: 'Disappointing' is the only word that can be used to describe our stay at Chifley Albury. We chose this hotel as it was the most expensive hotel in Albury. We thought it would equate to great service and amenities.On arrival the person who checked us in continued her...
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We've eaten at this restaurant the last couple of times we've been driving through to Sydney, and found it great both times.
For a fairly budget restaurant (man meals around $12-$18) the service was really excellent - attentive, and our waiter had a good sense of humour when my husband asked him if the old lady who kept coming in and out of the kitchen and checking on things was his mother (adding that she looked like the old woman from the Kumars on tv, which she really did!)
There's even an old indian man in a turban (perhaps the father of somebody working in the restaurant) who wanders up and down the street outside the restaurant, asking people coming out if they enjoyed their meal.
Rather unique service.
On the restaurant walls are framed certificates - seems they've won quite a few local awards for their restaurant.
The restaurant is also BYO (bottled wine only)
Favorite Dish: I think I had the lamb rogan josh last time, and it was rather delicious.
My husband found his vegetarian meal to be quite delicious.
Updated Sep 11, 2006
Phone: 6041 4705
ettiewyn Says: If you stay in the YHA and don't have a car, you will need to take the bus if you want to go to the town centre. Busses leave at the Centro, the big shopping centre which is about 500m away from the hostel. The centro is located in Griffiths Street which runs parallel to...
ettiewyn Says: Albury is located on the Greyhound route from Melbourne to Sydney and vice versa, there are two busses daily in each direction.Note that this is the usual route, not the one via Narrandera.The Greyhound stop is at the railway station, but there is also an "on request stop"...
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I had heard that there really were Aldi stores in Australia, but I had never ever seen one. For those who don't know Aldi: It's a German chain that offers a wide range of drink, food and other things, it is very cheap, but still with quite a good quality (yes, this is debatable, but it's the opinion of many, many people, so let's not be snobbish!).
When German people first hear that Aldi made it to Australia, they of course think that this is very funny - so I was happy when after having spent ten months in Australia in total, I finally found an Aldi store in Albury! And it was even funnier when I saw that they had imported the whole German supermarket system to Australia, which is quite different compared to how supermarkets work down under.
It was really crazy - the whole interior and everything just looked like in Germany, the sounds and smells were the same, and even a lot of the goods on offer, although there were of course some differences.
I bought a lot of things, just to have a change from the usual Coles/Woolworth things, and I am still smiling about this experience :-)
Updated Dec 13, 2011
ettiewyn Says: Strolling along the river I saw many different birds - there were so many, and they were not very shy, so it was possible to come quite near to them.I saw sulphur-crested cockatoos, ibises and many smaller parrots of which I don't know the name. Unfortunately, my pictures...
Kate-Me Says: We didn't have a lot of time to spend in Albury, so we mainly enjoyed taking a 1 hour walk/wander in the city centre, admiring some buildings, checking out a few shops and op shops (of which Albury has quite a few).
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Strictly speaking, Albury is not really a town on its own anymore, it is part of a twin town, Albury Wodonga. Albury is located in the state of New South Wales, while Wodonga is located in Victoria....
Albury, home of the iconic Ettamogah Pub
The city of Albury is situated on the border between Victoria and New South Wales, on the main highway leading to Sydney. The Ettamogah Pub is located just off the highway, about 20 kms north of the...
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Beautiful Albury - please stop by!
Many people who do the Sydney to Melbourne drive tend to stop in Albury to either re-fuel and/or have lunch/dinner. Now that the government is building a by-pass, you can safely say even less people...
I never 4get the beautiful scenery of this boarder between NSW & Victoria. I said i love the Kangas??? the real aussie kangas, of course! hi hi... Ettamogah PUB really fascinated me. It's natural......
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