Especially suited to 4WDs, take a trip along the gold belt from Jamieson to Walhalla via Woods Point and Aberfeldy and discover the history and heritage of the mountain miners who brought these mountains and valleys to life.
This self-drive tour takes you from Jamieson along the Mansfield- Woods Point Rd, over the Great Dividing Range to Gippsland, with 4WD side tours that show historic points of interest, old township sites and gold mine relics from a bygone era.
Stop off at sites such as the Old Star of the West Mining site for evidence of mullock heaps, adits, and furnace sites, and the historic Macks Creek Settlement which boasted 22 buildings and a post office in the 1860s.
Ask for details from Mansfield Visitor Information Centre before you go.
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