Mildura

Geography

Mildura is situated on flat land without hills or mountains on the southern bank of the Murray River and surrounded to the west, north and east by lakes and billabongs including Lake Hawthorn, Lake Ranfurly and Lake Gol Gol. Several towns surround Mildura on the flat plains including Merbein to the west as well as Irymple and Red Cliffs to the south which could be considered suburban areas or satellite towns separated by small stretches of open farmland. While the land along the river and irrigation channels is fertile, much of the land around Mildura is also dry, saline and semi-arid. Mildura is a largely low-rise and low density urban area that is overwhelmingly dependent upon private vehicles for transportation. Residential dwellings consist almost solely of single-family detached homes on relatively large allotments. The population has been growing rapidly for several decades with most of the residential growth occurring in the south, south western and more recently the eastern parts of the urban area. The central business district (CBD) is located at the northern end of the urban area, fronting onto the Murray River. The main shopping street of Mildura is Langtree Avenue, which features a pedestrian mall and shopping centre. The area between Seventh and Eight Streets is known as Feast Street, and is home to many boutique eateries and beverage dispensaries. The combined (CBD) area, known as City Heart, complements the Mildura Central Shopping Centre, located at the opposite end of the urban area on the corner of Fifteenth Street and Deakin Avenue. The latter, so named after Alfred Deakin, 'the Victorian Cabinet Minister who introduced the concept of an irrigated settlement in Australia', itself runs around twelve kilometres in a south-west direction from Seventh…

Most-observed species

• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  1,834
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,807
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  1,751
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,735
• Red-rumped Parrot

  Psephotus haematonotus (Gould, 1838) · Aves
  1,341
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,204
• Pacific Black Duck

  Anas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  1,127
• Maned Duck

  Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  1,088

Most recent

• M 4 — 2014-08-13
  87 km NNE of Wentworth, Australia