Trucks bring grain to the silos at harvest time to be railed to Portland or Adelaide, South Australia for shipping, or to flour mills for processing.

[7] The clubhouse also houses the Ouyen Tennis Club which hosts an annual grass court tournament on the March labour day weekend.

[8] The Ouyen Lake Project is a community initiative with labour provided by local volunteers and funding sourced from donations.

[12] The town also hosts an Autumn Art Show in April and the Mallee Wildflower Festival in October.

The theatre is a historically significant building (being one of six of its kind left in Australia) being of a tropical style (high ceilings and shutters which open along both sides to allow for airflow).

Australian folk rock band, Weddings Parties Anything, name-checks Ouyen in their 1987 song, "Hungry Years", from their debut album, Scorn of the Women.

There is a tendency to damper conditions in the winter and early spring months, which have the most numerous rainy days.