contents FOOD, WINE & NIGHTLIFE 2 SHOPPING 9 ARTS & CULTURE 13 HERITAGE 18 Albury Wodonga reflects NATURE 20 all of the things we love best – relaxing, enjoying FAMILY FUN 25 good times with family and friends, getting into the EVENTS 29 amazing outdoor activities ALBURY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE WODONGA VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE our region is famous for and savouring our great local DAY TRIPS & BEYOND 31 Whether planning a brief stop-over or a longer Now located in the city centre, the Wodonga Visitor food and wine. Most of all, stay, visit us for: Information Centre has all the information you need we love to share those things USEFUL INFORMATION 38 to make travelling around our beautiful region a with our visitors. • Great things to see and do memorable experience. ACCOMMODATION 39 • Local and regional maps Our stunning location on We provide maps and information on attractions • Accommodation assistance the banks of the Murray SHoppING 53 • Day trip suggestions across the Albury-Wodonga region, and a wide range of visitor guides from across Australia. River gives us easy access • Advice on public transport to some of Australia’s most EATING OUT 56 • Free internet access to key local tourism websites Located at the beginning of the High Country Rail exciting skiing, oldest • Free outbound emails trail, bike hire is available. Also selling local produce, wineries, tastiest regional ENTERTAINMENT a wide range of souvenirs and regional wine. & NIGHTLIFE 61 Located in the historic Albury Railway Station produce and best-preserved precinct, the Visitor Information Centre has historical towns. The THINGS To DO & SEE 62 ample parking and is within easy walking unique atmosphere of our distance of Albury’s CBD. cities blends an urban vibe with laid-back charm, event suppLIERS 72 Open seven days a week, 9.00am-5.00pm Open seven days a week, 9.00am-5.00pm tradition with innovation, Railway Place , Cnr Smollett and 69-73 Hovell Street, Wodonga VIC 3690 GETTING HERE and adrenalin-charged & GETTING AROUND 73 Young Streets, Albury NSW 2640 1300 796 222 action with quiet afternoon 1300 ALBURY (1300 252 879) [email protected] strolls. NoRTH EAST VICToRIA, [email protected] www.alburywodongaaustralia.com.au SouTHERN NSW REGIoNAL BuSINESS 75 visitALBURYWODONGA.com www.facebook.com/OfficialVisitAW Whatever brings you here and www.twitter.com/VisitAW www.twitter.com/officialvisitaw however long your stay, we welcome you to our beautiful SURROUNDING AREAS 79 cities and believe you’ll find many reasons to return. MAPS 82 alburywodongaaustralia.com.au ALBURY WODONGA OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE 1 FOOD, WINE and nightlife locally grown tastes even sweeter Don’t Miss: Fill your basket at the Hume Murray Farmers Market (held every second Saturday morning at Gateway Village, Wodonga). Choose from the best fruit, vegetables, herbs, cheese, honey, olive oil, organic meat, handmade bread, preserves and wine The refurbished art deco Albion Hotel in Albury that the region has has panoramic views on all sides. to offer. It’s a great opportunity to see, taste and buy. WORTH A DETOUR: ur region produces some the rooftop beer garden at • Stormy D’s Cupcakery of the best food and wine the Bended Elbow or street O you’ll find anywhere. dining at the Albion Hotel in (Mate St, North Albury) Add to that our cosmopolitan Albury or the outdoor dining • Kava café influences, urban deck of Wodonga’s Blazing (Griffith Rd, Lavington) sophistication and warm Stump Hotel. hospitality and you’ve got • Deli Bean the makings of the perfect Tree lights start twinkling in (Beechworth Rd, Wodonga) holiday for foodies, families the evening on Dean Street and fun-seekers alike. And in Albury and that’s when • Streetbean city types need not worry – the city comes alive – locals (Macauley St, Albury) and visitors catch up for a the coffee is excellent. • East Side Story drink and relax over dinner (Schubach St, Albury) For breakfast, lunch or a little or head on to a show, gig or LOCAL FAVOURITE pitstop, bag a sunny table at nightclub. The lightshow on • Hideout Café one of the buzzing kerbside Wodonga’s water tower is Monumental Ice Creamery (Waratah Way, Wodonga) cafés in Dean Street Albury a stunning backdrop to the (David St, Albury) With mouth watering options or High Street Wodonga. popular meeting and eating like bubblegum, liquorice and zabaglione, For superior pub grub, try places around High Street. choosing your flavour is harder than you think. ALBURY WODONGA OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE 2 3 FOOD, WINE and nightlife Local Favourite: Explore local food culture, meet local food producers and taste terrific local food at the Hume Murray Farmers Market held every second Saturday at Gateway Village, Wodonga. Check visitALBURYWODONGA.com or www.alburywodongaaustralia.com.au for market dates ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES • Jones Street Butchers • Instyle Hamper Shop – order from the range of (Jones St, Albury). STALK THE BEAN gourmet food and wine • Morrison Street from the region at www. Continental Butchers hampershop.com.au and The beautiful art deco (Morrison St, Wodonga). they’ll deliver to your door. Cafe Grove, right next to • Jones the Grocer (Swift Wodonga’s iconic water • Dares Fruit and Veg St, Albury) Cheese room! tower, is a popular (Elgin Blvd, Wodonga). Need we say more? hang out for locals and • Formichis’ Smallgoods • Fresh pasta and top local visitors. And you don’t (Kelly St, Wodonga) – produce from the Green even have to get up early award-winning smallgoods Zebra (Dean St, Albury). - delicious breakfasts and bundles of passion are served all day long! • Butt’s Smokehouse from the producer, Rob (Young St, Albury). Formichi. ALBURY WODONGA OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE 44 5 FOOD, WINE FOOD, WINE and nightlife and nightlife EATING OUT BY DAY EATING OUT BY NIGHT PUBS AND BARS LIVE MUSIC Lunch has never tasted so good Dine in style Whether you feel like a cold beer Check the ‘Play’ section of • Mr. Benedict • The Border Wine Room or a classic martini, you’ll find the Thursday’s Border Mail for details (Dean St, Albury) (Dean St, Albury) right place in this list: or head straight to: • Café Borellas • Azotea (Dean St, Albury) • Paddy’s beer garden at • The New Albury Hotel (Borella Rd, Albury) • The Steak Pit the New Albury Hotel, a (Kiewa St, Albury) • Café Grove (Elgins complex, Elgin Blvd, favourite local watering • The Albion Hotel (High St, Wodonga) Wodonga) hole (Kiewa St, Albury) (Dean St, Albury) • Deli Bean (Beechworth • Broadguage • Q Manhattans for • Zedbar (Dean St, Albury) Rd, Wodonga) (Junction pl, Wodonga) cocktails and tapas • Commercial Club Albury • D’Deli (Smollett St, • La Maison (Kiewa St, Albury) (Dean St, Albury) Albury) (Gateway Village, Wodonga) • St Ives Biere Café • Jazz Basement • The Green Zebra • Restaurant 579 on Olive (Lincoln Causeway, (Lincoln Causeway, (Dean St, Albury) Has its (Olive St, Albury) Wodonga) Wodonga) own organic garden Border Wine Room Go casual • Soden’s renovated heritage • Sunday ‘cider sessions’ • Coffee Mamma listed pub (Cnr David & at The Bended Elbow (Dean • The River Deck Café (Olive St, Albury & Wilson Sts, Albury) St, Albury) (Noreuil park, Albury) – Tucked away at the Botanic Local grape lovers relish the High St, Wodonga) • O’Maille’s historic pub • The Kinross Woolshed a picturesque place to Gardens end of Albury’s Border Wine Room’s tasting You’ll find their coffee and outdoor Hops Garden Hotel for country music catch up with friends served all over town. (High St, Wodonga) in a former 1890s-built Dean Street, Mr Benedict nights, wine events and • Hog’s Breath Café • Rubix Cafe • Birallee Tavern for a shearing shed (Kinross Crt, would be easy to miss. Those elegant dining. Connoisseur (Townsend St, Albury) (Hovell St, Wodonga) great woodfired pizza Thurgoona) who persist will be rewarded and wine buff extraordinaire • Hollywoods for woodfired part of The Cube Wodonga (Melrose Dr, Wodonga) with good coffee and lots David Sutherland hand- pizza and amazing cakes • SS&A Albury complex, it’s the ideal of buzz. If you’re recovering picks the perfect wine to (Sunset on Vine, Wodonga) • Zedbar for fun retro (Olive St, Albury) location for a pre-show from a big night out, enjoy complement each menu • Kinross Woolshed Hotel chic (Dean St, Albury) dinner or light snack. DANCING your eggs benedict with a choice. Imported and (Kinross Crt, Thurgoona) • The Lounge Tapas Bar nice, gentle Berocca – or, Australian wines both star. • The New Albury Hotel’s (Dean St, Albury) • Huon Hill Tavern, opening • One Nightclub if you’re game, a glass of Enjoy one of your old favourites outdoor bistro in August 2013, which (Dean St, Albury) bubbly or a Bloody Mary. or awaken a new passion. (Kiewa St, Albury) • The Clubhouse Bar and promises to be a new local • The New Albury Hotel Top class For a sensational dining Bistro hero (Reid St, Wodonga, (Kiewa St, Albury) perched elegantly above experience, jump on board (Clubhouse pl, Wodonga) next to the new Quest • Zedbar the refurbished art deco Wodonga’s new Broadguage • The Burger Bar apartments) (Dean St, Albury) Albion Hotel in Albury restaurant. Renowned award (Dean St, Albury) • Cellar Door, which with panoramic views on winning restaurateurs Jodie • Baan Sabai Jai, the famous stocks only locally all sides, Azotea serves Jones and Steve Carne Thai cart (Smollett St, Albury) sourced beer and wine fine food without an ounce (formerly of Albury’s iconic • The Lounge Tapas Bar (Dean St, Albury) • The Blazing Stump of attitude. Watch the Sourcedining) will serve – ask about the reduced (Anzac pde, Wodonga) sunset from the outdoor world-class fare in the movie ticket prices (Dean • StarBar, don’t miss a game terrace over the rim of your relaxed contemporary setting St, Albury) • Pinch of Spice or race at Albury’s sporting wineglass and take your time of the refurbished historical (Dean St, Albury) hub (Swift St, Albury) over the delectable menu.