Howqua River

Howqua River in Howqua Hills Historic Park

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The Howqua River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of Victoria.

It rises on the western slopes of Mount Howitt in the Alpine National Park, flows west and empties into Lake Eildon, a reservoir of the Goulburn River.

Literature and Film

The role of Billy Slim in Nevil Shute novel The Far Country (after the film of the same name ( German title: was filmed About the Death Pass) ) is based on the figure of the fly fisherman Fred Fry, who built several huts along the Howqua River and a quiet life resulted in the river valley.