Barooga sits on a perfect bend of the Murray — championship golf one way, cellar doors the other, and some of Australia's loveliest river country in every direction.
You're a five-minute walk from one of the prettiest stretches of the Murray River. Sandy beaches, towering river red gums, and that unmistakable slow-moving green water — perfect for swimming in summer, walking year-round.
Cobram Barooga is one of the largest golf complexes in Australia and it's literally two minutes from your room. Two championship 18-hole layouts — the traditional parkland Old Course and the modern resort-style West Course — both with dramatic river red gum framing every fairway.
Rutherglen — Australia's spiritual home of fortified wine — is about an hour's drive from your room. Out toward Echuca-Moama, the riverside Perricoota wine region (home to Morrisons Winery and other riverbank cellar doors) makes a relaxed day out, while the wider region delivers everything from old-vine Shiraz and cool-climate whites to legendary Muscat and Tokay.
Barooga and Cobram have built a quietly excellent food scene around the river. Pubs that take their Sunday roasts seriously, cafés that know what good coffee is, and a handful of restaurants worth the trip alone.
The Barmah-Millewa forest sits just to the north — the largest river red gum forest in the world. Koalas in the trees, kangaroos at dusk, and birdlife everywhere you look. Bring a camera and a sense of patience.
Three of our favourite day-trips — each one easy enough to do before dinner, each one worth a return visit.
Special thanks to Murray Regional Tourism for providing local imagery.
The historic paddlesteamer port — climb aboard a working PS, walk the wharf, lunch on the river. A Murray icon and a perfect day out.
From the riverside cellar doors of the Perricoota wine region around Moama (pictured: Morrisons Winery) to Rutherglen's historic fortified estates, cool-climate King Valley and the boutique vineyards of Glenrowan and the Goulburn Valley — some of Australia's richest wine country, all within an easy day.
The lake town next door — boating, water-skiing, more golf, and the best fish & chips on the river. Easy to reach, hard to leave.
Whatever brings you to the Murray — the golf, the river, the food, the slow weekends — River Gums is the comfortable, well-kept base you'll want to come back to each evening.
