Australian Traveller

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ALBURY

he border town of Albury is often mentioned as the starting point for road trip explorations of the mighty Murray River, but there are many reasons to visit that don’t involve leaving as soon as you get there. Albury’s prosperous history is writ large along its main street where heritage buildings spanning the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco architectural eras sit proud. The delightful boutique design hotel Circa 1928 fills a regal 1920s former bank building (complete with an original safe in one of the bathrooms), while a short walk away the modern outline of the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) dominates. And that’s Albury

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