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GREATER SHEPPARTON OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE SHEPPARTON MOOROOPNA TATURA MURCHISON DOOKIE TATURA MOOROOPNA SHEPPARTON GREATER SHEPPARTON VISITOR CENTRE Visit Greater Shepparton and discover our region’s Many Great Things. • Local friendly experts sharing quality up to date information • Accommodation information • Local and Victorian Information • Local produce and gift hampers • Souvenirs • Events, festivals and entertainment information visitshepparton.com.au #visitshepparton 33 Nixon Street (just off Wyndham Street) Opposite the Queens Gardens Open 9 am – 5 pm every day except Christmas Day Ph: (03) 5832 9330 or toll free: 1800 808 839 [email protected] Greater Shepparton OUR ATTRACTIONS FLAVOURS TO TASTE 4 We invite you to explore the Many Great Things Greater Shepparton offers. Indulge, experience, STORIES TO TELL 6 discover and enjoy our region offering a diversity of ARTS AND CULTURE TO CELEBRATE 8 attractions, cultures and events which will surprise and delight. Experience our cafes and restaurants SIGHTS TO SEE 10 whilst savouring the many great flavours of fresh PLACES TO EXPLORE 12 produce, delectable treats and stay in our beautiful accommodation. EVENTS TO THRILL 13 Discover the many great sights to see and things SHOPPING TO EXPERIENCE 16 to do for a family friendly break or delve into the many arts and cultural experiences on offer. We have many great events to thrill, why not OUR TOWNS bring your next conference or event to Greater Shepparton? We offer a range of services, SHEPPARTON 17 attractions and facilities that will be sure to MOOROOPNA 18 leave you with many great memories. Greater Shepparton offers something for everyone. DOOKIE 19 We hope this guide inspires you to discover some TATURA 20 of the unique delights to be found. We encourage MURCHISON 21 you to explore our region’s many great attributes including our rich agriculture, history and heritage, arts and culture and many family friendly activities OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES and attractions. Greater Shepparton is about experiencing and soaking up our diversity and HISTORY AND HERITAGE 22 discovering all the region has to offer. ARTS AND CULTURE 26 We look forward to welcoming you to our ATTRACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT 27 region. Enjoy! FOOD AND DINING 41 WINE 51 SHOPPING 52 ACCOMMODATION 57 GETTING HERE 63 TRANSPORT AND SERVICES 64 MAPS 65 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: We, Greater Shepparton City Council, acknowledge the traditional owners of the land which now comprises Greater Shepparton. We pay respect to their tribal elders, we celebrate their continuing culture and we acknowledge the memory of their ancestors. DISCLAIMER: Greater Shepparton City Council including their officers, agents and contractors have made every endeavour to ensure the details appearing in this publication are correct at the time of printing, but accept no responsibility for any inaccuracy or misdescription, whether by inclusion or omission. The publisher does not accept any responsibility for subsequent change or withdrawal of prices, details or services shown and these are subject to alteration without notice. Any standard of accommodation and / or services contained in this publication are indicative only of a certain class and are based upon information provided to the publisher. Accordingly, the publisher makes no representation or guarantee in relation to the standard, class, or fitness for purpose of the accommodation or service. Published January 2018. visitshepparton.com.au 4 Flavours to Taste Many Great Flavours to taste Known affectionately as the Food Bowl of Australia, Greater Shepparton is home to an amazing array of wonderful food and fresh produce. There are many great flavours to taste with our considerable variety of stone fruit, apples, pears, cherries, olives, grapes, tomatoes and meat and dairy products. With so much on offer, there is something to please everyone. Why not visit the producers who grow the grapes and create the amazing wines on offer? Enjoy a regional platter with a local wine, take in the breathtaking views, and for the designated drivers, sit back and enjoy a coffee. Check out Bunbartha Beef & Fine Produce and delve into a wide range of produce you can expect to find in any funky metropolitan region. The seasons of the year bring many changes with Spring bringing a scattering of orchard blossoms throughout the district just tempting you with what is to come. In Summer, fresh fruit is in abundance with orchards providing sales direct from the farm. Fruit is also available via SPC Factory sales, a warehouse full of produce just waiting for you. Our local produce is readily available in the many restaurants and cafes, whether you are enjoying a seasonal dish or a local wine or cider, the many great tastes of the region are there to enjoy. Eateries offer something for everyone, with restaurants, tapas bars, cafes, bistros and bakeries, you will be spoilt for choice. Local produce is also available at our regular farmers markets throughout the region and our many wines are celebrated at the annual Dookie Wine Show. The locals and staff of the Visitor Centre can give you the inside story on the many tastes that are available from their own backyard. For market dates, further details and the inside scoop from a local, be sure to contact our Visitor Centre on 1800 808 839. visitshepparton.com.au 6 Stories to Tell Many Great Stories to be told If the buildings and landscapes could talk, what a story would be told. Greater Shepparton has an amazing depth of history full of intrigue, bravery, survival and charm. Heritage Centres located in Shepparton, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tatura and Merrigum are filled with priceless gems, from the history of the World War internment camps scattered throughout the Murchison and Tatura regions, the history of irrigation, farming and medical procedures of the past. Our museums will engage, charm and enlighten you. The site of the historic river crossing of McGuires Punt over the Goulburn is the location of the Shepparton Heritage Museum. Also home to the Shepparton family history group and the “Lost Shepparton” shop, the museum gives an insight into how Shepparton used to be and the importance of rivers to our local towns. Tatura was home of the Victoria Cross recipient Private Robert Mactier and the memorial gardens honouring him. Private Mactier won the only Victoria Cross for his battalion but made the ultimate sacrifice on 1 September 1918 at Mont St Quentin, France. Not only does Tatura have a depth of history from World War I but a museum filled with artefacts pertinent to World War II and the internment camps that housed German and Italian internees throughout the area. The museum hosts an amazing array of memorabilia showing what life was like in the camps. The Merrigum museum is open by appointment and also hosts an annual open day with demonstrations of working farm machinery and household appliances — come along and make your own butter and don’t forget to try some of the amazing damper straight out of the camp fire. Delicious! The famous Murchison Meteorite fell out of the skies over the region in September 1969. Known and treasured internationally, the meteorite has over 70 amino acids of which only 19 have been identified as visitshepparton.com.au Stories to Tell 7 known on earth, so the question truly is — where or donated as well as motorcycles, vintage bicycles did it come from? Murchison Heritage Centre and car collectables. If you appreciate the beauty holds many stories of the meteorite along with and lines of a classic vehicle, or consider yourself the history of the Aboriginal Protectorate, to early a rev head, the Shepparton Motor Museum is one settlement and river history. to put on your itinerary, and also houses the rich The Greater Shepparton region has a rich and history of the Furphy name in the region. diverse Aboriginal history including the first You will find historic monuments throughout the purpose-built Aboriginal Cultural Keeping Place, region including the Furphy statue in Shepparton. the Bangerang Cultural Centre, where visitors Joseph Furphy worked at the Furphy Foundry but can learn about Aboriginal culture and history. Or why not take a walk along “The Flats” between was also an author who wrote under the pen Shepparton and Mooroopna where the history of name of Tom Collins and wrote such classics as the local Yorta Yorta people can be experienced “Such Is Life”. with interpretive signage. For further information on our history and The Shepparton Motor Museum displays up to 100 museums, or to book a guided history tour, classic, heritage and muscle cars generously loaned contact the Visitor Centre on 1800 808 839. visitshepparton.com.au Arts and culture to celebrate 9 Many Great Cultures to celebrate and Arts to inspire From our recently launched street art paying homage to our esteemed Indigenous elders, to our Moooving Art cows that bring much laughter and joy, a live performance on stage, an exhibition in a hall or a festival, Greater Shepparton has a depth of arts and culture like no other. A multicultural melting pot, our peoples’ cultural diversity and nationalities bring an exciting element to everyday life and our many festivals and events. Our calendar bursts with exciting festivals including the Shepparton Festival, Converge on the Goulburn Festival, St Georges Road Food Festival and Fryers Street Food Festival, allowing patrons to delve into the tastes and cultures of our varied and vibrant communities. Our new Aboriginal Street Art mural depicting Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls and Uncle William Cooper, is the first of many installations to come and adds to the depth of Indigenous artwork available in Greater Shepparton. Kaiela Arts provides space for Indigenous artists and the community to connect with art and culture and two of our newest Moooving Art cows also link with our local Indigenous culture.