Council
Federation Council
The council for the Murray river towns west of Albury. Works notices, waste, and what is on across the shire.
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New South Wales · 2643
New in Howlong? Start here
Everything a new arrival actually asks in the first month, answered from the 169 businesses, clubs and places we list here. No sponsored entries, nothing paid for.
First, the thing people get wrong
Howlong sits on the Murray halfway between Albury and Corowa, with its own bridge into Victoria and a large golf course beside the river. Retirees and Albury commuters have driven most of the growth in the last twenty years. The main street covers daily needs and Albury is 25 minutes east on the Riverina Highway.
Howlong is in New South Wales, postcode 2643, and 6 of the towns people here use day to day are in Victoria. That is why this matters more in Howlong than it does most places: the state a job is done in decides which trade licence applies, which public holiday calendar sets the penalty rate, and which regulator hears a complaint.
If you are hiring anyone, the border check tells you which state's rules apply to an address, and the licence check opens the right register.
The shape of the place
Howlong runs on Albury for anything it does not have itself, and the drive is about 27 kilometres. These are the facts that decide who you ring and where you go, rather than the ones a tourism page leads with.
| State and postcode | New South Wales, 2643 |
|---|---|
| Local council | Federation Council |
| Population | about 3,000 |
| Businesses based here | 5 across 4 categories |
| Businesses that travel in | 164 |
| Nearest larger centre | Albury, about 27km |
NSWstate
2643postcode
5businesses based here
164that travel in
1events coming up
What you will drive to Albury for
Nowhere this size has everything, and pretending otherwise wastes a trip. These are trades and services with nobody based in Howlong, where the nearest choice is the 27km into Albury.
What is actually based in Howlong
Not businesses that cover Howlong from somewhere else — these have an address here. For a small town this is the part worth knowing, because it is the difference between a trade you can walk to and one you wait a week for.
Where to eat and drink
Places with an address in Howlong rather than ones that deliver to it. Work through them rather than eating at the same place for a year.
Pubs and clubs
Where locals actually post what is on
Half of what happens in Howlong never reaches a website. It goes on a council page or a community group and nowhere else. These 3 cover Howlong , starting with Federation Council, and every URL was read off the organisation's own site rather than guessed from its name.
Local news
The Border Mail
The daily paper for Albury Wodonga and the border. Council decisions, court, sport and the closures nobody else reports.
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Tourism
Visit Albury Wodonga
The regional tourism page for both sides of the border. Events, markets, festivals and seasonal things to do across the corridor.
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Know a community group for Howlong that belongs here? Tell us and we will check it and add it. We do not add a page without opening it first.
What is on
Markets, open days and come and try nights. Free to submit if you run one.
13 Nov
Howlong Repair Cafe
Bring a broken lamp, toaster, chair or jumper. Volunteers help you fix it rather than bin it. Free to attend, donations go to the hall.
Howlong Memorial HallWhen something breaks
Trades with a yard or an office in Howlong. Every listing shows where its details came from and when they were last read.
Before you pay a deposit. Ask which licence they are working under
for your job and check it. It takes a minute on the
licence check, and on this border the
licence that counts is the one for the state the work is in, not the state the
business is registered in.
Moving to Howlong
What state is Howlong in?
Howlong is in New South Wales, postcode 2643. That decides which trade licences apply to work done here, which public holiday calendar sets penalty rates, and which regulator handles a complaint. On this border those are three separate things worth knowing.
How do I meet people in Howlong?
Clubs are the fastest way into a regional town. We do not have the Howlong club listings up yet, so the local council and the neighbourhood centre are the places to ask.
What is there to do in Howlong?
The things to do listings for Howlong are still being built.
Who do I call when something breaks?
We list 3 trades and services covering Howlong. Every listing shows where its details came from and when they were last read, and the licence check tool opens the right state register so you can check a number before you pay a deposit.
Is this page a paid guide?
No. Nothing on it is sponsored, nobody paid to appear, and ordering comes from how complete a listing is rather than from money. It is assembled from the same data as the rest of the site.
Somewhere to stay while you look
Worth the drive, across the border
- Rutherglen17km
- Chiltern19km
- Wahgunyah22km
- West Wodonga25km