Guided Walking Tours
The Beechworth Town Walking Tour complements the hugely popular Ned Kelly and Gold walking tours which have become a must for tourists to the area since their launch three years ago.
The new tour will explore the town’s rich Gold Era history, uncovering fascinating and often little-known stories about the characters and events that shaped Beechworth’s early development.
Expert guides from the Visitor Information Centre will lead the tour on a leisurely hour-long stroll through the wide, tree-lined avenues and beautifully preserved streetscapes of Beechworth.
Along the way, visitors will stop at more than two dozen sites, including the Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum, one of Australia’s best regional museums named after the ill-fated explorer and one-time Police Superintendent of Beechworth.
Other notable sites include:
- The old Temple Bar Hotel in Ford Street, one of more than 60 licensed premises operating in the area in the 1870s. They will learn about the publican who advertised in the Constitution & Ovens Mining Intelligencer for a “kangaroo and an emu for this hotel – wanted dead or alive.”
- The Old Anglican Schoolhouse whose alumni include noted geologist Edward John Dunn and the first Australian-born Governor General Sir Isaac Isaacs
- St. Joseph’s Presbytery in Church Street where Kelly Gang associate turned police informer, Aaron Sherritt married Ellen Barry in 1879.
The new Town Walking Tour will leave from the Beechworth VIC every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 1pm from 5 January until 1 February, for other times please contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre. Bookings and enquiries at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre,
Prices - Adult $7.50, Concession/child $5, Family $15
Some answers to regularly questions:
* Suitable for prams and strollers * Comfortable footwear required * No video cameras allowed * Suitable for all ages * Tours run in all weather * Tickets must be purchased prior to tour departure * Dogs are not allowed on tour.
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The Gold Rush walking tour includes the famous sites and stories of Beechworth’s rich golden history.
Tour highlights include:
- The story of the famous Rocky Mountain Tunnel that runs beneath Beechworth.
- The location of where $7,500,000 worth of Gold was stored each fortnight before being taken to Melbourne by the Gold Escort.
- The gold diggings which led to Beechworth being described as the richest alluvial goldfield in the Colony (and they didn’t get it all).
The Gold Rush guided walking tour departs at 1pm every day. Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre and are of 1 hour duration. Bookings made at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre
Prices - Adult $7.50, Concession/child $5, Family $15
Some answers to regularly questions:
* Suitable for prams and strollers * Comfortable footwear required * No video cameras allowed * Suitable for all ages * Tours run in all weather * Tickets must be purchased prior to tour departure * Dogs are not allowed on tour.
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The Ned Kelly walking tour includes the sites and story of Ned Kelly’s connection to Beechworth. Tour highlights include:
- The house where Magistrate William Henry Foster, who presided over Ned Kelly’s Committal hearing in the Beechworth Court, lived.
- Ellen Kelly was sentenced to 3 years hard labour for the attempted murder of a policeman and spent some of that time in the Beechworth gaol.
- The site where Ned Kelly won a bare-knuckle boxing match in Beechworth that lasted 20 rounds.
The Ned Kelly guided walking tour departs at 10.30am every day. Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre and are of 1 hour duration. Bookings made at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre.
Prices - $7.50 Adult, Concession/child $5, Family $15
Here are some answers to regularly asked questions:
* Suitable for prams and strollers * Comfortable footwear required * No video cameras allowed * Suitable for all ages * Tours run in all weather * Tickets must be purchased prior to tour departure * Dogs are not allowed on tour.
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