Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 03-5472 4555; 47 Main Rd, Campbells Creek)
An awesome second-hand bookshop crammed
with 90,000 titles!
XXXX Antiques
( 03-5470 5989;
www.xxxxantiques.com.au
;
1-5 Elizabeth St; 9.30am-5pm)
Houses a museum collec-
tion of antiques and collectables, partly in the original XXXX brewery (Bond Store).
ANTIQUES
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Castlemaine Visitors Centre
( 03-5471 1795;
www.maldoncastlemaine.com
; 44 Mostyn St; 9am-5pm)
In the
magnificent old Castlemaine Market, a building fronted with a classical Roman-basilica
facade complete with a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest, on top.
Getting There & Away
V/Line
( 13 61 96)
trains run hourly between Melbourne and Castlemaine (from $14.20, 1½
hours) and continue on to Bendigo ($4.20).
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Around Castlemaine
About 10km northwest of Castlemaine, the
Harcourt
region (bypassed by the new Calder
Fwy) is known as Victoria's 'apple centre', but in recent years it has also developed as an
excellent mini-wine centre, an extension of the Bendigo wine region (for which the Cas-
tlemaine Visitors Centre can provide a map and a list of cellar doors). Check out
Bress
(
03-5474 2262;
www.bress.com.au
;
3894 Calder Hwy;
11am-5pm Sat & Sun)
, a combined winery, res-
taurant and cidery, and
Blackjack Wines
(
03-5474 2355;
www.blackjackwines.net.au
;
Calder Hwy)
.
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Maldon
POP 1240
Like a pop-up folk museum, the whole of tiny Maldon is a well-preserved relic of the
gold-rush era, with many fine buildings constructed from local stone. The population is
significantly lower than the 20,000 who used to work the local goldfields, but this is still a
