Albury, Australia
Wodonga's Better Half
"Where New South Wales Quietly Ends And Victoria Begins Confusingly"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield split down the middle by the Murray River, one side bathed in New South Wales sunlight, the other in Victorian drizzle, surmounted by a weary long-haul truck cab and two crossed servo pump nozzles. Motto scroll reads 'Halfway To Somewhere Else.'
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Drove through Albury on the Hume Highway for the millionth time and finally stopped for more than petrol. The Murray River is genuinely lovely and the old railway station is a beauty, but I still can't work out which side of the border I'm meant to set my clock to. Ate a decent schnitzel, saw a lot of caravans, felt oddly patriotic about a river. Would stop again on the long haul to Melbourne or Sydney, mostly out of habit."— Gary Fenwick, Interstate Truck Enthusiast, Wagga Wagga
Property Listing
Nestled on the majestic Murray, this thriving twin-city hub offers unbeatable access to two state highways, three petrol stations of note, and the enviable lifestyle of never quite deciding which state you technically live in! Perfect for the commuter who dreams of Melbourne, works towards Sydney, and settles happily for neither.
Twinned With
Texarkana — Both towns exist in a state of permanent identity crisis straddling a border nobody outside the region can ever quite explain.
Supporting Evidence
Albury and its twin city Wodonga sit on opposite banks of the Murray River in different states, and locals have spent over a century arguing about whether they're actually one city or two.