Cohuna Travel Guide

Cohuna is an immaculate and peaceful little town of some 2200 people situated on the Murray Valley Highway, 265 km north of Melbourne and 80 m above sea-level. Adjacent the main road is a portion of Gunbower Creek, an anabranch of the Murray River. Sandwiched between the creek and the main body of the Murray River, 8 km to the north, is Gunbower Island and Cohuna is the main access point to the island's many attractions. Cohuna is flanked by lush pastures which have been generated with the assistance of the Torrumbarry Irrigation System. They have been put to good use by the district's many dairy cows. Pigs, cattle, wool and timber also contribute to the local economy. The town has a caravan park attractively situated on the banks of Gunbower Creek. The area is thought to have been occupied by the Baraparapa people long before white settlement and prehistoric burials of world importance were found locally in 1925 and in the late 1960s.