Benalla Art Gallery
Situated in the heart of Victoria’s bushranger country, the Benalla Art Gallery occupies a striking modernist building by the lake. The Gallery presents a diverse exhibition program while its permanent collection spans three centuries of Australian art and includes outstanding examples of contemporary and Indigenous art. Benalla’s Collection includes wonderful works by Arthur Streeton, Frederick…
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The Jamieson Museum, housed in the old Jamieson Courthouse, is maintained by the Jamieson and District Historical Society and is open on weekends between Melbourne Cup weekend and Easter. Picturesque Jamieson is a quaint, historic town in the Victorian High Country. It was well known in the late 1800’s as a gold mining supply town…
Read MoreStringybark Creek Camping Area
Stringybark Creek Camping Area is a free camping area located in the Toombullup State Forest near Tolmie, northeast of Mansfield. This site links by a walking track to the Stringybark Creek Day Reserve, site of the infamous shooting of three policemen by the Kelly Gang in 1878, and part of the Ned Kelly Touring Route.…
Read MoreNational Alpine Museum Australia
The National Alpine Museum of Australia (NAMA) offers a free and engaging journey into the stories, people and spirit of Australia’s alpine regions. Visitors can explore exhibitions that bring alpine history to life through objects, multimedia, art and personal stories. A changing program of exhibitions and events ensures there’s always something new to discover, while…
Read MoreWarby-Ovens National Park
Located between the Victorian Alps and the Murray Valley, Warby‐Ovens National Park includes some of the State’s most significant bushland and is most important for threatened birds such as the Swift Parrot, Hooded Robin and Speckled Warbler. The Warby Range contains a mix of grassy and healthy woodlands punctuated by granite outcrops. This area of…
Read MoreMoyhu to Upper Ryans Creek
Start at the Moyhu Park and take Glenrowan-Moyhu Road. Take a left turn at the fork in the road at 4 kilometres. Follow this road and turn left onto Wangaratta-Kilfeera Road (11 kilometres). Pass 15 Mile Creek School on the right. The road goes up, then down and on the descent turn left onto Benalla-Whitfield…
Read MoreWangaratta to Everton Station (Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail)
As you head out from the busy regional center of Wangaratta, you will be cycling through iconic Australian farmlands. Along the way, you will see windmills, wheat crops swaying in the breeze, and curious cows greeting you as you pedal by. This flat ride covers a distance of 27 kilometres, taking you to Everton Station,…
Read MoreBurke Museum
Originally built as the Beechworth Athenaeum in 1857, The Burke Museum was named in honour of Robert O’Hara Burke, the famous explorer and former Beechworth Superintendent of Police, after his death at Coopers Creek in 1861 during the Burke and Wills expedition. The collection includes Burke’s own bible, inscribed revolver and saddlebags used in the…
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