For that holiday with a difference:

You should seriously consider using the Central Victorian Goldfields Region as your base to tour from. Maryborough is one of the larger cities in Central Victoria and is ideally situated as a base for visitors to tour the surrounding districts with something of interest to see or do in any direction that you may travel. Regardless of whether you are looking for that unusual antique, collectable items, interested in our native birds and animals, or the history of the gold rush era it all may be experienced right here in this region. Among the many other attractions and activities in the region are tours of the vineyards, hands on gold prospecting, local and historic potteries, relaxing fishing locations, Steam Trains, and even Murray River Paddle Steamers can be visited as a day tour

Finders offers the casual visitor free current information about the area and its attractions, we can also arrange bookings for personal or group metal detecting/gold prospecting tuition, including full or half day prospecting excursions for individuals or groups. Finders also has a large range of high performance metal/gold detectors available for hire either by the day or by the week.

Groups Clubs etc. enquire about Finders customised itineraries for group packages.We can arrange group package tours for interstate or overseas visitors for the period of your holiday which can include pick up from Melbourne Airport, accommodation, entry to selected attractions etc. and then return to Melbourne Airport.

Listed below are a several of the cities and towns that may be visited from Maryborough also a brief outline of some of the attractions and items of interest that may be found by the tourist.

Avoca:

Antique Shops
Country Horse Race Meetings
Fishing
Gold Prospecting
Wineries

Ballarat:

Antique Shops
Ballarat Wildlife and Reptile Park
Buninyong Flora and Bird Park
Eureka Stockade
Gold Era Buildings and Architecture
Kryal Castle
The Gold Museum
The Great Southern Woolshed
Sovereign Hill Tourist Village

Bendigo:

Antique Shops
Bendigo Car Museum
Bendigo Double Deck Bus Tour
Bendigo Pottery Tourist Complex
Bendigo Woollen Mills
Central Debra Tourist Gold Mine
Chinese Joss House
Discovery Science & Technology Centre
Fortuna Mansion
Golden Dragon Museum & Classical Chinese Gardens
Gold Era Buildings and Architecture
Ironbark Horse Riding Centre
Sedgwick's Camel Farm
Skydancers Orchid and Butterfly Gardens
Vintage Talking Tram Tours

Castlemaine:

Antique Shops
Buda Historic Home and Garden
Bush Walking ( The Dry Diggings Track 54 km. )
Castlemaine Art Gallery
Heron's Reef Gold Diggings
Historic Buildings
Historic Cemetery
The Dingo Farm
Tourist Shopping

Clunes:

Bottle Museum ( largest collection in the Southern Hemisphere )
Historic Buildings
Site of Victoria"s first gold find 1851
Walking Tour

Creswick:

Dulcinea Vineyard
Eastern Peake Vineyard
Fishing
Mount Beckworth Wines
Springmount Pottery
The Tangled Maze
World of Dinosaurs

Daylesford & Hepburn Springs:

Antique Shops
Mineral Spa Baths
Mineral Springs
Spa Resort
Tea Gardens
Tourist Shopping
Trail Riding

Dunolly:

Bush Bicycle Tracks
Bush Walking
Cobb and Co. Coach House
Gold Detector Hire
Goldfields Museum
Gold Prospecting
Gold Nugget Sales
Historic Buildings
Metal Detector Sales and Service
Tourist Shopping

Echuca:

Antique Shops
Historic Port of Echuca Tourist Area
Murray River
Paddle Steamers
Tourist Shopping

Maldon:

Antique Shops
Carmine's Tunnel Tourist Gold Mine
Historic Streetscape and Buildings
National Trust Classification of Town
Porcupine Tourist Village
Steam Train Rides
Tourist Shopping

Maryborough:

Aboriginal Sites
Antique Shops
Bristol Hill Pioneer Monument & Lookout
Harness Horse Race Meetings
Historic Railway Station
Joy Flights, Scenic Flights, Charter Flights
Tourist Shopping

Moliagul:

Flying Doctor Monument ( birth place of Rev.John Flynn founder )
Site of the "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget find ( worlds largest ever )

The Grampians:

Aboriginal Tourist Centre
Bush Walking
Native Animals

The Harcourt Valley Vineyards:

BlackJack Vineyards
Harcourt Valley Vineyards
Mount Alexander Vineyards

The Pyrenees Wineries:

Blue Pyrenees Estate
Dalwhinnie
Kara-Kara
Mount Avoca
Mountain Creek
Redbank
Summerfield
Taltarni
Warrenmang

Central goldfields Tourist Guide

For Further Information:

Telephone: . . . Fax:

Tourist information . . . Central Goldfields Tourist Guide
Bookings for detector hire . . . sales@finders.com.au
Bookings for tours . . . finders@finders.com.au

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Last modified: 19 November 1998