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Things To See and Do :   

    • Enjoy the challenge of Barham's Par 73 Championship Golf Course, at the Golf & Country Club Complex, Moulamein Road.
    •  Fishing in the Barham & Koondrook area
    • Visit the Border Fly wheelers Heritage Museum. Open 1st Saturday in the month from 10am to 4.30pm. Jamieson Ave Barham the brickworks 03 54 564266
    • Barham River Cruises Bookings: 0427 531 407
    • Canoeing at Safe's Lagoon: a 5km canoe trail. The wetlands of Gunbower Island are unique & a diverse wonderland of water birds, wildlife & aquatic plants. Canoes are available for hire at the Barham Hotel.
    • Gunbower Island Forest bushwalks.
    • Astronomy lovers, this area is great for star gazing.
    • Restdown Winery & Trail Walk, www.restdown.com.au  Please phone ahead 03 54 897221, to arrange a ploughman's lunch & wine tasting.
    • Arbuthnot Sawmill, Join a Guided tour from 10.30am & 2pm Weekdays Call to book on   03 54 532401   - 12 Punt Rd. Koondrook 03 54 532401 www.arbuthnotsawmills.com.au 
    • Call in at the River Red Gum Furniture Show room 14 Punt Rd. Koondrook Monday & Friday 9.30am -3.00pm, Saturday 9am - 11.30am    ph 03 54 533329.
    • Ted Rash Woodcrafts, fine Red gum Furniture 47 Punt Rd. Barham 0428 818453
    • Bird Watching, www.centralmurraybirds.org.au
    • Visit Grants Gallery/Studio, at 30 Mellool St. Barham Open: 7 Days a week 12.30pm -5pm Contact: Grant Walker 0409 186 644
    • Go along to the Barham Services Club located on the corner of Noorong & Murray St. Have a flutter or just a couple of drinks (Bingo, Tab facilities, billiards, dart, keno)
    • Rock and Roll's meets on Wednesday nights, come along for an enjoyable time.
    • BDSM Bowling Club Social Bowls Mixed pm every Tuesday & every Saturday (outside Pennant) Casual Dress, entrants phone: 03 5453 2385
    • Barham Services Club.   www.clubarham.com.au 
    • Visit Riverside park Barham or Apex Park Koondrook  with the kids for a picnic
    • Swimming Pool located in Thompson St. Koondrook
    • Tourist Walks: There are many walking tracks on Gunbower Island and in the Barham / Koondrook areas, the open nature of the forest makes for some very pleasant bushwalking.
    • Barham Club Lake Complex, BBQs, toilets & a children's playground and a walking track.
    • Red Gum Statue River Walk, as you follow along the river banks you can learn about some of the great pioneers & local animals. These statues are carves out of red gum with a chainsaw by Kevin Guilders.
    • Trek with the family (walk, cycle, canoe or horse ride)
 


Do you enjoy peace and quiet? Then camping in one of the largest red gum forests in the world will be an experience to remember. Whether you visit for a day or a week don’t miss the chance to take a bush walk in one of the largest red gum forests in the world. It will be an experience to remember.

Take a short 15min drive to Kerang and let the kids knock down a pin or 2 at Kerang Ten Pin bowling.

Water Skiing is a great summer pass time and we have several lakes within a short drive and even a straight ski run a 15min drive away in Cohuna.

Canoeing is fun for all ages and the canoe trail on the Gunbower River will be a lasting memory of your holiday, just a 5 min drive from Barham.

Clay target shooting at the Barook Field and Game Club with many events for most ages are run throughout the year.


Take a motor bike ride along tracks surrounded by native red gums, winding your way through the world’s greatest red gum forest with the local kangaroos and wallabies emu’s just to name a few, looking on.

 


4 wheel driving in the wet or dry is an experience to remember as you are surrounded by huge river red gums with postcard views of the Amazing Murray River. Be careful not to get carried away with the amazing wide life such as kangaroos, wallabies, wedge tailed eagles and much more.

Bird watching has become a family sport and what a great way to spend time with the kids walking through some of the finest river red gum forests in the world, or perhaps visit our bird hide on Moulamein road. Local bird watching books will help you pick from the many species we have to find. And don't forget the one of the rarest birds in the world the mystifying Bush Stone Curlew. Barham is one of the last places in the world that you may see this truly amazing endangered bird.