Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Grape & Grain
WINE BAR
( 03-5750 1112;
www.grapeandgrainbar.com.au
; 2c Anderson St; 4-10pm Tue-Thu, 4-11pm Fri & Sat)
Swanky bar serving hard-to-find wines, local beers and plenty of the good stuff, such as
Milawa cheeses and antipasto.
Information
Alpine Visitor Information Centre
( 03-5755 0584, 1800 111 885;
www.brightvictoria.com.au
; 119 Gavan St;
9am-5pm)
Has a busy accommodation booking service, Parks Victoria information and the
attached Riverdeck Cafe (
Click here
)
.
Getting There & Away
coach services from Melbourne with a change at Wangaratta ($32.20, 4½ hours, two
erates from Bright to Mt Hotham (adult/child return $50/30, 1½ hours).
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
You've seen the film and probably read Banjo Paterson's famous poem, but out at Corryong, close to the source
of the Murray River, they live the legend. It looked like so much fun in the film that the locals just had to try it -
mountain horse-racing where 'the hills are twice as steep and twice as rough'. Yes, it's the
Country Wide Chal-
lenge
, Australia's ultimate test of horse-riding prowess! The race is a feature of the
Man From Snowy River
Bush Festival
(
02-6076 1992;
www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au
;
Mar-Apr) - four days of
whip-cracking and yarn-spinning fun.
Corryong is a pretty township ringed by mountains - a natural playground for trout fishing, canoeing, cycling
and bushwalking. The
Man From Snowy River Museum
( 03-6076 2600;
www.manfromsnowyrivermuseum.com
;
103 Hanson St; adult/child $5/1; 10am-4pm Sep-May, 11am-3pm
Jun-Aug) tells the story of Jack Riley, a stockman who lived and worked near Corryong and might have been
Paterson's inspiration. It's also a local history museum, featuring a set of snow skis from 1870 and the Jarvis
Homestead, a 19th-century slab-timber hut.
Corryong visitors centre
( 03-6076 2277; 50 Hanson St; 9am-5pm) has info on the region, including
Jack Riley's Grave
(Corryong Cemetery) which is inscribed with the words, 'In memory of the Man from
Snowy River, Jack Riley, buried here 16th July 1914.'
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