Things to do

Check out our favourite things to do around the Gannawarra Shire! Click the links to find out more.

SUMMER

Celebrate Australia Day with friends by entering the Koondrook Barham Lilo Race on the Murray River.
Grab your mates, pack a BBQ and go water skiing at Lake Charm, Kangaroo Lake or Cohuna Ski Run.
Hire a canoe or stand up paddle board from Cohuna Adventures. They will even drop off and pick up canoes for you! We recommend checking out the Canoe Trail in Koondrook.
Enter the Koondrook Barham Fishing competition in February
Grab some friends and have a mud fight along the river at Sand Bar Bend in the Gunbower State Forest
Looking for a summer job? Become a local lifeguard.
Grab your friends, dress up and head to the Kerang Boxing Day races.
Cool off in the hot sun at local pools.
(All year round) Attend special event hosted at the Kerang Baptist Church. They are a great way to connect and talk about God, discuss personal issues and meet some lovely people.
(All year round) Adventure outdoors and enjoy activities in and around the Gunbower State Forest including kayak and canoe guided experiences with Murray River Adventures.
Visit the Christmas store and enjoy yummy food at Factory + Field Waffles, Cohuna.

Go dirt bike riding in the forest
Visit points of interest in the Gunbower State Forest including historic Graham’s Hut, the white picket fence graves of Cemetery Bend, and Wattle Creek.
Enter the Cohuna Bridge 2 Bridge on the first weekend of March. You can run, bike ride, swim or canoe.
Try a chicken parma from the local pubs and cafes.
Check out Marge’s scooter up the pole on McMillans Road, Mead.
Take a trip to Boort and visit the amazing Spanner Man. Displayed in the country garden are over 25 unique life size and larger than life sculptures made out of spanners.
Take a trip through the Shire and head to Mount Hope to climb Suicide Rock. On the way home stop by Lions Park at Kow Swamp and enjoy a BBQ with friends.

Climb the old water tower and look out to 360 degree views of the Kerang township or discover your family history at the Sir John Gorton Library.
Join your local Football Netball Club!
On a cold winters day take some time and visit the Kerang Museum or Cohuna Historical Society
Borrow a DVD or book from the library in Cohuna, Kerang, Leitchville or Quambatook on a rainy day.
Over Queens Birthday long weekend grab your mates or family and go camping in the Gunbower State Forest.
Enjoy a hot chocolate and scrummy waffles at Factory & Field Waffles, a unique cafe in Cohuna.

(All year round) The Cohuna Photography Group meets once a month.
(All year round) Walk/ride around the ‘Back Swamp’ in Kerang which is part track and part levee bank next to the river. It has beautiful native fauna and flora.
Take a ride on The Wetlander (a fully catered and air-conditioned, twin hulled tourist boat) on Gunbower Creek, near Koondrook, or get a group of friends together and book the ‘Egret’ via Cohuna Nature Cruises which has on-board BBQ facilities.
(All year round) Enter the Cohuna parkrun for free! Walk, jog or run the course.
Workout at an outdoor gym in the Cohuna Apex Park, Kerang Atkinson Park or Koondrook Apex Park.
Go to The Big Cohuna Festival, Melbourne Cup long weekend
Watch a movie under the stars at the Quambatook Silo Cinema. BYO chair, picnic and blanket.

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