Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A Bear's Old Wares
( 02-6027 1114;
www.abearsoldwares.com
; 12 High St; 9am-5.30pm)
A Bear's Old Wares is a fas-
cinating shop crammed with Buddhist and Hindu idols, prayer flags, Tibetan jewellery
and wall hangings.
CRAFT
Sleeping & Eating
Yackandandah Holiday Park
( 02-6027 1380;
www.yhp.com.au
; Taymac Dr; powered sites $32-43, cabins $105-170)
Beside pretty Yack-
andandah Creek but close to the town, this well-equipped park is a little oasis of greenery
and autumn colours.
CAMPGROUND
$
Sticky Tarts Cafe
( 02-6027 1853; 26 High St; breakfast $5-13.50, lunch mains $5-16.50; 8am-2.30pm)
With fabulous cafe
food on the main street, Sticky Tarts Cafe makes a great breakfast or lunch stop. For the
former, try the pumpkin bread with maple butter or you can build your own breakfast,
while lunch is more about sandwiches and risotto.
CAFE
$
Star Hotel
( 02-6027 1493; 30 High St; mains $18-20; 3pm-late Mon-Thu, noon-late Fri-Sun)
This 1863 hotel,
known locally as the 'top pub', has good bistro meals that range from a mixed grill or
steak sandwich to vegetarian lasagne or red chicken curry.
PUB
$$
Information
Yackandandah Visitors Centre
(
02-6027 1988;
www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au
; 27 High St;
9am-5pm)
In the grand 1878 Athenaeum building.
Getting There & Away
Yackandandah is 307km northeast of Melbourne - take the Hume Fwy to the Great Alpine
Rd exit north of Wangaratta, and then follow the signs to Beechworth, from where it's a
further 22km into Yackandandah.
