Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 03-5134 6876;
www.mountaintopexperience.com
)
Mountain Top Experience operates nature-
based 4WD tours that head north along remote trails from Walhalla and nearby Rawson
into the Victorian High Country. Departure dates depend on demand.
Sleeping & Eating
You can camp for free at North Gardens, a camp site with toilets and barbecues (but no
showers), at the north end of the village. Walhalla has a handful of cottages and B&Bs,
and there are a couple of old-style cafes among the group of shops in the village centre.
Chinese Garden
(
www.walhallaboard.org.au
;
off Main St; per person $25)
At the northern end of town, this recently
opened camping ground has full toilet and shower facilities, a laundrette and a barbecue
area.
CAMPGROUND
$
CARAVAN PARK
$
Rawson Caravan Park
( 03-5165 3439;
www.rawsoncaravanpark.com.au
;
Depot Rd, Rawson; powered sites/dm/cabins $30/45/95)
Located about 12km from Walhalla, Rawson Caravan Park has a native-bush setting, en
suite sites and the popular Stockyard Bar & Bistro, which opens on weekends and features
live music and boisterous crowds up from the Latrobe Valley.
Walhalla Star Hotel
( 03-5165 6262;
www.starhotel.com.au
;
Main St; d incl breakfast from $175; )
The rebuilt historic
Star offers stylish boutique accommodation with king-sized beds and simple but sophistic-
ated designer decor, making good use of local materials such as corrugated -iron water
tanks. Guests can dine at the flash
Parker's Restaurant
( 03-5165 6262; mains from $30, 2-/3-course
set meals from $30/40; 6.30-9.30pm)
; others need to reserve in advance. Or you can get good
breakfasts, pies, coffee and cake at the attached
Greyhorse Café
(mains from $5;
HISTORIC HOTEL
$$
10am-2pm)
.
Windsor House
( 03-5165 6237;
www.windsorhouse.com.au
;
off Walhalla Rd; d $160, ste $175-200)
The five rooms and
suites in this beautifully restored two-storey 1878 home are fittingly old fashioned and
ghost-free. No children under 12.
B&B
$$
Wild Cherry B&B
B&B
$$
