About Shepparton                               

Shepparton is a major commercial centre, located between Nagambie and Numurkah on the Goulburn Valley Highway which is the main inland road route between Melbourne and Brisbane.

Shepparton is the 5th largest city in Victoria and is situated approximately 200 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. There is plenty of activities to keep visitors entertained in and about Shepparton. Because it's situated close to the Goulbourn and Murray rivers there is plenty of water sports available to tourists such as boating and fishing.

Greater Shepparton, the food bowl of Australia with an emphasis on family fun. Shepparton is a delight. It has all of the shopping, entertainment and leisure activities you’d expect in a large city, but set in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Shepparton is situated within the rich dairying, fruit growing and agricultural region of the Goulburn Valley, with the area responsible for producing around 25 percent of Victoria's rural output. Major food companies in the area include SPC Ardmona and Campbells Soups. SPC Ardmona have a factory sales supermarket open to the public, located 5 kilometres west of Shepparton and across the Goulburn River in Mooroopna.

The large commercial centre of Shepparton is based around the main thoroughfare of Wyndham Street and the mall along part of Maude Street. A communications tower, located off the Maude Street Mall, is open weekdays from 9am to 3pm and offers visitors spectacular views over the city and surrounding countryside from a public viewing platform.

Shepparton's cultural precinct is located in Welsford Street and consists of an art gallery featuring Australian ceramics and paintings, and a major war memorial located next to the council offices. On the corner of Welsford Street and High Street is the Paul Gribben Historical Precinct, consisting of the Shepparton Heritage Centre which contains thousands of items tracing Shepparton's history housed in the old Forester's Hall (built in 1873) and farming equipment displays in the surrounding parkland.

A network of parks, reserves and forests follow the paths of the Goulburn and Broken Rivers through Shepparton, offering good bushwalking tracks and picnic spots. Victoria Park Lake is the centre of recreation in Shepparton, fronting the main highway and featuring walking tracks, bike paths, a skate park and boating facilities. Adjacent to the lake is the Aquamoves health and fitness centre which offers both indoor and outdoor pools.

About the Goulburn Valley

The Goulburn Valley is a region of Victoria, Australia. The region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Goulburn Valley is bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the Murray River, the state border with New South Wales. The region is known as Australia’s Food Bowl and is major fruit and dairy region. It is one of Australia's most productive and intensively farmed areas and is predominantly irrigated.