Beechwrth • Chiltern • Rutherglen • Yackandandah CONTENTS 04 • GETTING THERE 06 • Beechworth 24 • Chiltern 40 • Rutherglen 56 • Yackandandah 68 • INFORMATION Safety Tips & Emergency Services RIVERINA HWY NEW SOUTH WALES HUME HWY 58 To S y d n e y JINDERA How To HOWLONG GET HERE Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail 31 C381 RIVERINA COROWA WAHGUNYAH BUNGOWANNAH CAR RUTHERGLEN From Melbourne • The towns of Indigo Shire are around 3 hours MURRAY C376 WINE REGION 58 LAVINGTON HWY easy drive from Melbourne. Travel north on the Hume Freeway VALLEY HWY C378 RIVER Carlyle Cemetery RIVER THURGOONA and look out for the exit at Wangaratta for Beechworth B400 LAKE MOODEMERE MURRAY and Yackandandah, Springhurst for Rutherglen C381 WIRLINGA and Chiltern (for Chiltern of course). RUTHERGLEN C377 ALBURY From Canberra • Travelling south on the Hume will take HUME WEIR you around 4 hours. There’s an exit to Beechworth and BARNAWARTHA VICTORIA BELLBRIDGEYackandandah in Wodonga just after you cross the Murray To Ya r r a w o n g a C377 C376 River. Continue on the Hume to the Chiltern turn off WODONGA MITTA JUNCTION CHILTERN Magenta Mine for Chiltern and Rutherglen. BONEGILLA MURRAY From Sydney • About 6 hours south on the BANDIANA VALLEY Hume. Look for the same exits as for Canberra. White Box Walk TRAIN SPRINGHURST Rail services run daily from Melbourne and Sydney to Chiltern Mount Pilot BARANDUDA B400 National Park Wangaratta, Albury and Chiltern. Contact VLine (vline. FWY C531 C315 HWY com.au) services and NSW TrainLink XPT (transportnsw.info/ regional) for timetable information. Wangaratta Coachlines C527 (wangarattacoachlines.com.au) offer connecting services. TANGAMBALANGA C377 Yeddonba Aboriginal Art Site STAGHORN FLAT C533 Mount Pilot PLANE OVENS RIVER C375 HUME KIEWA Qantas, REX (Regional Express) and Virgin operate several lights To C o r r y o n g , WOORAGEE C315 daily into Albury from Melbourne and Sydney. Check airline C532 Tumbarumba M31 ALLANS FLAT ELDORADO websites for current light information. Hire cars are available YACKANDANDAH from Albury Airport. BOWSER Woolshed Falls OSBORNES FLAT LONDRIGAN Beechworth KERGUNYAH RIVER LEGEND C314 Historic Park BEECHWORTH C527 HWY BEECHWORTH Lake Sambell GRADE 1 • EASY WALK PLAYGROUND WANGARATTA HURDLE FLAT 1 WINE REGION BLACK SPRINGS B500 Lake BACK KIEWA C521 TARRAWINGEE Kerferd CREEK CIRCUIT WALK C315 SILVER 2 GRADE 2 • MEDIUM WALK OVENS RIVER KING CREEK VVALLEY STANLEY GREAT 3 GRADE 3 • HARD WALK OUT & BACK WALK C525 C523 C524 GLEN CREEK GUNDOWRING EVERTON KIEWA DOG ON A LEASH ONE WAY WALK Murmungee OXLEY C522 MILAWA Lookout C528 BBQ DISABLED TOILETS ALPINE To Melbourne MURMUNGEE Mount Stanley MARKWOOD & Benalla B500 DEDERANG PICNIC AREA TOILETS C522 RD RIVER MUDGEGONGA BOWMAN’S FOREST KING VALLEY PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WINE REGION OVENS RIVER WHOROULY C527 DOCKER GAPSTEAD Please note the Grade ratings in this guide are based on the Australian Walking Track Grading System. Information and maps in this guide are GRETA BYRNE Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail in some cases indicative of the walk area, for up-to-date and detailed MYRTLEFORD ALPINE VALLEYS C531 directions please download a map of the required walk/s from the C521 C526 WINE REGION C534 town website/s featured on each walk page, or drop in to one of our B500 welcoming Visitor Information Centres listed on page 69. MERRIANG To Bright & Mount Hotham MOYHU SOUTH OVENS BEECHWORTH Relax, recharge and reconnect in this beautifully preserved gold rush town with more than its share of modern sophistication. Indulge in delicious food, wine and craft beer. Find something special amongst the fashion, gifts and homeware boutiques. Soak up the natural beauty of lakes, creeks and waterfalls. The granite hills and forests are magniicent in any season. Gold was discovered in Beechworth in 1852, and by 1857 the population had risen to over 20,000 including thousands of Chinese miners and 60 pubs! Beechworth and Victoria’s North East boasted some impressive engineering feats. The search for gold inspired ingenuity, mischief, mayhem and murder! The walks in Beechworth take you through historic sites in town to remnants and marvels of the gold mining era, to spectacular views and tranquil settings. In your wanders you may be passing the hideout of the Kelly Gang or what was once a teeming village of miners’ tents. Beechworth is now a thriving country town sharing its beautiful heritage backdrop with visitors and locals. explorebeechworth.com.au/walks 6 • WALK 1 Powder Magazine to Woolshed Falls 2 • Time: 60 mins • Distance: 5km • Start: Powder Magazine, Skidmore Road • Finish: Woolshed Falls Observation Deck at Woolshed Falls This walk embodies what Beechworth is about, rich with gold mining history, stunning natural surrounds and a dash of the spectacular! The Powder Magazine, built in 1859, was where miners were required to store bulk black powder overnight and was constructed so that any explosion would travel upwards, not outwards. OH&S 1800’s style. Check in with the Information Centre for a swipe card to access. Marvel at the boulders, forest and rock pools on the Gorge Road. At Spring Creek Bridge don’t miss the sign to Woolshed Falls. The track heads into the Woolshed Valley, once home to thousands of miners during the height of the gold rush. One of the richest goldields in Victoria, the area has many deep mine shafts so please keep to the track. Woolshed Falls provides the spectacular. There’s something satisfying about the sight and sound of water crashing over rocks. Imagine the miners of the time toiling away for their fortune and sharing hard luck stories in this beautiful landscape. Please take care on the rocks, wear suitable footwear and supervise kids. If you don’t feel like walking back to Beechworth, you might consider a car shufle. 8 • WALK Beechworth • 9 Beechworth Town 2 3 WALKS Beechworth Gorge Walk Beechworth Town Walk 2 1 • Time: 2 hrs • Distance: 7.3km • Time: 60 mins • Distance: 2km To Chiltern Road • Start: Beechworth Visitor • Start: Beechworth Visitor Information Centre Information Centre BEECHWORTH (To Woolshed Falls, Chiltern & Rutherglen) To Yackandandah & Wodonga Once a hideout for members of the Kelly Jump off the main streets of Beechworth to Gang, the Gorge provides views over explore the historic and scenic attractions Beechworth town. The landscape has large that circle the town. The old Hospital granite outcrops, native forest, magniicent Façade offers a glimpse into the town’s Cemetery rock pools and cascades and wildlowers history but also makes for some wonderful 1 Y RD in season. You will see the start of the Rocky photos. Stop in at the Carriage Museum DRIVE School Mountain Tunnel which was constructed at the revamped Billson’s Brewery. Head CEMETER BEECHWORTH BALACLAVA under Beechworth so that the upper Spring on to Queen Victoria Park, affectionately SCENIC HISTORIC PARK Creek Goldield swamp could be drained known as the rock park, before inding your SYDNEY RD GE 2 for mining. Then on to the Newtown way to Lake Sambell, once an integral part RD GOR Bridge which was crafted by a Scottish of the gold mining story, now a beautiful stonemason in 1875. Beside the bridge is place to wander, picnic and have a dip GORGE RD BARNARD ST a mining race 2.4 metres deep and 410 in warmer months. The Chinese Gardens metres long. Check out the information acknowledge approximately 6,000 C315 ALMA RD K FREDERICK ST CREEK ARS board with details about Chevalier’s Mill. Chinese miners who once O VICTORIA RD RCHARD ST ST JUN lived nearby. HOLMES WILLIAMSST S WELLS ST MORE CTION MANN CT SPRING CREEK ID T ST K S RD LAST RD 4 QUEEN MOSSGROVE WY WOOD ST NCH School Powder Magazine FI VICTORIA HIGH ST E CAMP LGIN RD 3 PARK 5 PEACH GOR DRIV Echoes of History ST TOWN HALL E GE GARDENS CHURCH ST Guided Walking Tour Ned Kelly Guided CREEK BILLSON ST 1 AVE Walking Tour CENTENNIAL LOCH ST 4 ROTARY • Time: 75 mins • Distance: 1km 1 PARK CAMP ST PARK • Start: Beechworth Visitor RD School • Time: 75 mins • Distance: 1km 5 LAKE SAMBELL IS Information Centre E FORD ST V E R LL • Start: Beechworth Visitor I A ALBE V J N Beechworth was once home to the O Information Centre C R PRIORY LAN c T RD M richest alluvial goldield in the southern MALAKOFF RD Ned Kelly and his gang were regular LOWER STANLEY RD HIGH ST hemisphere. Come on this walk to see the SHORT ST visitors to Beechworth. Come on this walk C315 SPRING C525 E magniicent town built with the wealth N VE ST to see the place where Ned was crowned HODGE ST ANLEY RD Y of the goldields. Hear colourful tales of AVE unoficial bare-knuckle champion of the KELL CT the wild gold rush days. Prepare to be HARPER A North East after a 20 round ight. See the SHEHAN RD DINGLE RD fascinated by tales of the Rocky Mountain AVE DR PRITCHARD LA KERFERD RD MULHOLLAND DR ST GILCHRIST Courthouse where Ned, his accomplices JOHN Y Tunnel, the exploits of Robert O’Hara Burke RNER A and his mother Ellen all stood trial, and the ILWA W MELLISH ST C524 (of Burke & Wills fame), the story behind the RA DR lockup where Ned’s bushranging mentor, SHEHAN golden horseshoes and Beechworth’s own Harry Power, was imprisoned. To Wa n g a r a t t a VICTORIA ST China Town. Learn Beechworth’s best kept BRIDGE RD To M y r t l e f o r d secrets with your expert local guide. Relive the Kelly stories with our local Tours leave the Visitor Information historian guides. Tours leave the Visitor Centre at 10:15am daily.