WALWA
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FAST FACTS
- Pine Mountain is the largest monolith in the southern hemisphere and is said to be 1.5 times the size of Uluru.
- For any happenings, community updates and news, the town can tune its dial to RUM Radio or read the Walwa World online.
- Walwa Homestead was home to Sydney "Grandie" Grandison Watson who owned 40 miles of property along the Murray River totalling about 100,000 acres.
- The local football club, the Border-Walwa Magpies, was founded in 1962 and plays in the Upper Murray Football League. The town's original club, Walwa FC, was founded in 1898 and won 15 premierships.
FIVE THINGS TO DO
(As supplied by Walwa Primary School)
1 Climb Pine Mountain, Australia's biggest monolith.
2 Swim, canoe or fish in the Murray River.
3 Take part in the greatest Australia Day raft race from Neils Reserve to Jingellic.
4 Head to the annual WOW Weekend of Wonders in November.
5 Watch the local football, netball and cricket teams in action.
