| EVENTS |
 |
|
Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival
17/02/2012 to 19/02/2012
The Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival has become an iconic Blues and Arts Festival for the East Gippsland region and is about to celebrate its 17th year on the weekend of 17th, 18th and 19th of February
|
|
|
|
HISTORICAL SITES & HERITAGE TRAILS
East Gippsland’s heritage brings to life the people, their stories, the successes and heartbreaks of the generations who lived their lives here. Take the time to embrace the past and living heritage on offer. Connect with people, places and history.
Sites all around our region add a special chapter to East Gippsland’s story that remains preserved in its historical sites, buildings and museums. Heritage trails include everything from special mapped out walks around Bairnsdale to touring by car around Gold Digging sites on the Great Alpine Road. Go deep underground and experience the Caves in Buchan or explore the gardens and grounds of a heritage home at Nyerimilang Park.
Further information on heritage in East Gippsland can be obtained our Visitor Information Centres.
Bataluk Culture Trail
Sale to Cann River along Princes Highway. As you travel through East Gippsland, you are following routes that the Gunai (Kurnai)
More 
| 
|
 Back to Arts, Culture & Heritage
|
|
|
| |
CASSILIS HISTORIC AREA |
 |
Left at Great Alpine Road from Swifts Creek. The village of Cassilis was named after a small township in Scotland and in the 1800s was a thriving mining centre. It was once home to more than 1000 people, but today there is little evidence of it's passing save a lonely cemetery filled with miners and their kin. Set in a quiet picturesque valley, this place is worth paying respect. The 3600 hectare Cassilis Historic area contains many relics from the gold mining era. Much of the area can be explored on foot.
More
|
|
| |
NYERIMILANG HERITAGE PARK |
 |
Nyerimilang Homestead, set in semi-formal gardens and lawns, overlooks Lake King. This park has some great walking tracks, with a real feature being the many species of birds attracted by the gardens. Keep an eye out for honeyeaters, waterbirds, birds of prey and many more native birds. Activities include walks, history displays, birdwatching and picnicking. The park is open daily until sunset and the homestead is usually open from 9.00am to 4.00pm.
More
|
|
| |
OMEO ORIENTAL CLAIM HISTORIC AREA |
 |
Great Alpine Road from Omeo. The vastness of Australia's largest alluvial gold digging is a breathtaking viewing experience. With cliffs looming more than 200ft high and a maze of tunnels running for miles underground, these claims were some of the richest in the State. The claims are heritage listed and boast a unique flora and fauna. With more than a dozen great walks through the 40 hectare site of Gippslands largest alluvial sluicing works, the park is excellent for bird watching and discovery of orchids and wild flowers.
More |
|
| |
PIONEERS & SHIPWRECKS |
 |
The first Europeans to see the Lakes & Wilderness region were those travelling with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour in 1770. Cooks' first lieutenant, Zachary Hicks, sighted a rocky promontory which was subsequently called Point Hicks, but it wasnt until the 1830s and early 1840s that pastoral runs were first taken up in the Monaro, Bendoc, Mallacoota, Genoa and Buchan districts. Gold seekers tried their luck in the 1860s and some made small fortunes around Bendoc and Mallacoota.
More |
|
| |
VICTORIA FALLS HISTORIC AREA |
 |
Great Alpine Road from Omeo. This 100 hectare area includes the site of Victoria's first major hydro-electric station, built in 1908 to supply water to the goldfields at Cassilis. The park is set in snowgum and mountaim gum woodland above the Victoria and Cobungra Rivers. Activities include walks, picnicking and fishing.
More |
|
PRINT THIS PAGE |
|
OPERATOR SHOWCASE
|
|
|
Deja Vu Botique Accommodation
Multi Award Winning Bed & Breakfast, Deja vu boasts stylish suites built on seven acres of undulatin...
|
|
LATEST NEWS
|
|
|
Gippsland Lakes Blue-green Algal Bloom info
16/12/2011
For official information regarding the current Gippsland Lakes Blue-green Algal bloom please refer to links on the home page of this website. Or contact the East Gippsland Visitor Information Centres on 1800 637 060....
|
|
|
