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Tourist Attractions Below you will find an alphabetical listing of the local Tourist Attractions for Yackandandah. Any Attraction that is underlined is linked to further information.
ABORIGINAL ARTIFACTS Bourke Museum Beechworth
ABORIGINAL ART Doma Mungi Gallery, Chiltern
ABORIGINAL ROCK PAINTINGS
ABORIGINAL TOWN NAMES A listing of aboriginal town names and their meanings from the North East.
ANTIQUE SHOPS Finders Memory Lane Vintage Sounds Old Telephones, Gramaphones.
BBQ LOCATIONS
BIRD WATCHING
BICYCLE TRAILS Mountains to Murray Rail Trail
BRIC A BRACK Finders
BRIDGE, HISTORIC STONE BRIDGE Historic Stone Bridge, Located on main street at bottom end of town.
CANOE & WATER SPORTS Lake Sambell ( Beechworth )
CEMETERY Established on its present site in 1859, the cemetery contains memorials and stories of many of the districts pioneers. Up the hill and to the right there is an area reserved for Chinese graves. Fine timber gates, built in 1881were replaced to the same design in 1915. The prominent trees, a Canary Island Strawberry Tree, an Irish Strawberry Tree and a Lawson Cypress are on the National Trust Significant Tree Register. Information & tours may be arranged from Bank of Victoria Museum, the local historical society.
CHILDRENS PLAY AREAS Yackandandah School
COLLECTABLES Finders Memory Lane
COURT HOUSE Historical Court House complete with original furniture.
CRAFT GALLERY, WORKSHOP Lilly's Emporium Stone Bridge Cottage Gallery
CRAFT SHOPS Lilly's Emorium
DRIVE TOURS Yackandandah Scenic Forest Drive Scenic Forest Drive ( Chiltern ) Beechworth Forest Drive ( Beechworth )
FISHING Good fishing in local creeks & streams. Hume Weir, at Huon Reserve
GARDENS
Out of Town Nursery & Garden Jan Waddington Nursery & Garden
GOLD DREDGE Gold Dredge ( El Dorado )
GOLD FIRST FOUND Gold first found at junction of Commissioners & Yackandandah Creeks. (Near Caravan Park).
GOLD MINES Walk to Heaven & Hell ( Beechworth ) Wallaby Gold Mine ( Beechworth ) Magenta Gold Mine ( Chiltern )
GOLD PANNING Gold Panning - Yackandandah Map Panning for Gold is allowed in 3 creeks flowing into Yackandandah. Twist Creek, Nine Mile Creek and Clear Creek. Gold panning is not allowed in Yackandandah Creek. A map showing Gold Panning areas and camping areas is available at the Information Centre. Gold Panning in Reedy Creek, Beechworth to El Dorado.
GORGE Historical mining location where the diggers diverted the Yackandandah Creek through approximately 200 metres of solid granite by digging ( using explosives ), a water race. Well worth a visit. Only about a 2 minute walk from the Gorge car park.
HISTORIC BUILDINGS Cottage at back of Bank of Victoria is an original street building of the 1850's. Drawings and Details of Yackandandah High Street Buildings
HISTORICAL SOCIETY Located at the Bank of Victoria E Mail ykbankmuseum@netc.net.au Phone 02 60 271 320
HORSE RIDING Trail Rides - Mt Pilot Tourist Farm
HUME & HOVELL CAIRNS There are two cairns erected to Hume & Hovell, one on the Wodonga to Yackandandah Road in the Avenue of Honour at Staghorn Flat, the other at Allans Flat on Gap Flat Road. ( Another cairn is located two kilometres past Everton on the Great Alpine Road).
LAKE Yackandandah's swimming and picnic location. Yackandandah Reserve, Allans Flat. Lake Sambell ( Beechworth )
LAVENDER FARM
LIONS WALK
LOOKOUTS Mt Stanley Murmungee Lookout, ( Stanley ) The Precipice, One Tree Hill Walk ( Beechworth ) Gorge Drive, ( Beechworth )
MAP
MINERAL SPRINGS Mineral Lane, off Hammond Street. Below the photo of the steps leading down to the mineral springs and the waterfall in Commissioners Creek.
MUSEUM, BANK OF VICTORIA Bank of Victoria Museum Cottage at back an original street building of the 1850's.
MUSEUMS
NURSERY
Jan Waddington Nursery
PARK
PICNIC SPOTS
Commissioners Creek, William Street Yackandandah Reserve, Allans Flat
POLICE PADDOCKS Historical site near Stone Bridge
POTTERY Stone Bridge Gallery Kirby's Flat Pottery
ROLLER SKATING & BLADING PARK Police Paddocks, next to Historic Bridge
SIGNIFICANT TREES REGISTERED The prominent trees at the cemetery, a Canary Island Strawberry Tree, an Irish Strawberry Tree and a Lawson Cypress are on the National Trust Significant Tree Register.
SPORT PARKS Cricket Ground,Wellsford Street Football Ground, Church Street Skateboard Rink, Police Paddocks, next to Bridge Tennis Courts, Wellsford Street
STRAWBERRY WINERY Schmidts Stawberry Winery.
SWIMMING Yackandandah Swimming Pool, Williams Street Yackandandah Lake, Allans Flat
TENNIS Tennis Courts, Wellsford Street
VIDEO HIRE Yackandandah Milk Bar
VIENNA PARISSERIE An Austrian Chalet Coffee House
VINTAGE SOUNDS RESTORATION Vintage Sounds Old Telephones, Gramaphones.
WALKING TOURS
WATERFALLS Mineral Springs Waterfall
For Tourist Information on Neighboring Towns Press Links Below
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