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Red Cliffs, VIC

Red Cliffs is reached via the Calder Highway. It’s 14km from Mildura and 529km from Melbourne.

ORIGIN OF NAME

The town’s name is a simple statement of the obvious. The Murray River meanders to its east and the 70m cliffs, which rise on the western side of the river, are distinctly red.

RED CLIFFS LIES west of the Murray River, at the northern end of Victoria’s Mallee region in an area known as Sunraysia. Located on the fertile river plain only 14km south of the city of Mildura, this area is characterised by a Mediterranean climate of dry summers and mild winters. Development began in

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