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In this regard it is literally an oasis in the desert and its paddlesteamers , lush golf course and other attractions are a welcome site after many kilometres of consistently dry brown terrain and wheat fields . It is almost certain that Hunt climbed Merredin Peak ( a short distance out of town to the north ) and that he heard the town 's name from the local Aborigines . In the electronic marketplace consumers depend on upon the availability of cheap information . Deakin , then commissioner for public works and later prime minister , was interested in the possibility of irrigating the semi-arid areas of the north for agricultural development at a time when the Mallee was a semi-arid region , as yet unsettled by Europeans . In the desert can be seen the Corunna Airfield , built in 1943 as a long-range base for attacks on the Japanese-occupied islands of the Indonesian archipelago . The importance of the town is well captured in Grant Watson 's novel The Desert Horizon . To the north are Sunnyside Beach and Ranelagh Beach . It is flanked to the north by the Murray River ( marking the state border ) which extends for 2530 km , making it one of the longest navigable rivers in the world with a catchment area covering 14 per cent of the continent . The first Europeans to visit the area on a regular basis were the cowherds who drove the graziers ' cattle up from the valleys to the high plains in the summertime . The Esplanade follows the shoreline which consists of a series of small , attractive bays and safe beaches which extend for about 20 km from Mt Martha in the south to Mt Eliza in the north . My concern is basically that if you do not have adequate protection , you run the risk of having too little investment as we enter the 21st Century .