Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights & Activities
The best way to see the town is on foot - take the
tramline walk
(45 minutes) that begins
from opposite the general store soon after you enter town. Other good (and well-signpos-
ted) walks lead up from the valley floor. Among them, a trail leads to the
Walhalla Cricket
Ground
(2km, 45 minutes return). Another trail climbs to the extraordinary
Walhalla Cemetery
(20 minutes return), where the gravestones cling to the steep valley wall and through their
inscriptions tell a sombre yet fascinating story of the town's history.
During August the town lights up for the
Walhalla Vinter Ijusfest
(Winter Lights Festival).
Walhalla Historical Museum
( 03-5165 6250; admission $2; 10am-4pm)
Located in the old post office in the group of re-
stored shops along the main street, Walhalla Historical Museum also acts as an informa-
tion centre and books the popular two-hour
ghost tours
(
www.walhallaghosttour.info
;
adult/child/family
$25/20/75;
MUSEUM
7.30pm Sat, 8.30pm Sat during daylight saving)
.
Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine
( 03-5165 6259; off Walhalla-Beardmore Rd; adult/child/family $19.50/13.50/49.50; tours 1.30pm daily, plus
noon & 3pm Sat, Sun & holidays)
Relive the mining past with guided tours exploring Cohens
Reef, once one of Australia's top reef-gold producers. Almost 14 tonnes of gold came out
of this mine.
MINE
Walhalla Goldfields Railway
( 03-5165 6280;
www.walhallarail.com
; return adult/child/family $20/15/50; from Walhalla Station 11am, 1pm
& 3pm, from Thomson Station 11.40am, 1.40pm & 3.40pm Wed, Sat, Sun & public holidays)
A star attraction is
the scenic Walhalla Goldfields Railway, which offers a 20-minute ride between Walhalla
and Thomson Stations (on the main road, 3.5km before Walhalla). The train snakes along
Stringers Creek Gorge, passing lovely, forested gorge country and crossing a number of
trestle bridges.
HISTORIC RAILWAY
Tours
Mountain Top Experience
ADVENTURE TOUR
