Murtoa Progress Association News

June 7, 2016

Daniel Edmonds

General Plumbing and Maintenance Split System Installation

May 27, 2016

UPCOMING RACES at Murtoa Marma Racing Club Marma Cup Day – Saturday 25 July 2026 Ecycle Solutions Murtoa Cup – Saturday 3 October 2026 Gates open at 11am Admission ticket bookings available. Catering, bar & TAB facilities available. Located at the southern edge of town near Lake Marma, the Murtoa Race Course is another one...

May 27, 2016

Rabl Park

Named after Murtoa’s most prominent doctor and long-resident family, the park was developed by the now-defunct Apex Club over many years. The hard work of this group has seen a wasteland and swamp become a delightful area for public use next to Lake Marma. It has semi-permanent water in an irregular reed lined lake,...

May 27, 2016

Murtoa Cemetery

Three kilometres east of town is a well-preserved old cemetery with the first burials recorded as early as 1870s. It saw war conflicts as well family tragedies since the first settlement. A Marble Memorial Seat featuring a motif of Madonna and a child, created by a local artist Steve Monk, pays tribute to some ...

May 27, 2016

Lake Marma

Lake Marma is one of Murtoa’s many wonderful assets. Thanks to abundant birdlife, fish and the most picturesque views of sunrise and sunset, it has always attracted those who long to connect with nature. Originally a small natural swamp it became incorporated into the Wimmera Mallee water supply system over a century ago and...

May 27, 2016

GrainCorp Receival Centre

Victoria’s largest inland grain storage, ‘Marmalake’ is located adjacent the Stick Shed and is a hive of activity during the Summer harvest, with a vast number of trucks carrying many varieties of crop to the huge storage areas, both above, and on the ground. The products are mostly transported to their various destinations via the...

May 27, 2016

Dunmunkle Sumpoilers Historic Engines Museum

It is a rare sight to see a collection of massive Ruston-Hornsby engines, known as Dunmunkle Sumpoilers, in one place. These wonderfully preserved engines, all shiny and in perfect working order still exist thanks to their private owners who collaboratively come together to share them with the public. Housed in the historic Wimmera Inland...

May 27, 2016

Barrabool Nature Conservation Reserve

Just 20 minutes south of Murtoa is Barrabool Nature Conservation Reserve of largely undisturbed Wimmera forest with important Aboriginal sites. It is accessible only in dry conditions via the many tracks throughout. Ancient trees and even older waterways abound within – a real treat for a nature buff.

May 27, 2016

The Murtoa Museum Precinct

The Murtoa Museum Precinct includes The Heritage Listed Railway Water Tower (1886), Concordia Cottage (1892) and the recently restored Murtoa Railway Station (1886). Explore the impressive 4-storey, 13-metre high Water Tower Museum, which hosts the unique James Hill Taxidermy Collection with over 500 birds and other fauna, as well as historic artefacts, memorabilia and...

May 27, 2016

The Stick Shed

Originally built as a war-time emergency grain storage in 1941, The Stick Shed is a unique Australian Heritage Listed structure that has become a remarkable example of Aussie ingenuity and the local farming community. It was constructed using over 560 natural mountain ash poles and is 270m in length. Soaring to 19m in height and...