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hibits, a delightful miniature house and a display on local war hero Sir Edward 'Weary'
Dunlop. Benalla Art Gallery ( 03-5760 2619; www.benallaartgallery.com ; Bridge St; 10am-5pm)
has a collection of Australian art, including paintings from the Heidelberg School, and a
cafe that spreads onto a deck overlooking the lake. Outside is the moving Weary Dunlop
Memorial.
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Glenrowan
POP 300
Tiny Glenrowan is the epicentre of the legends surrounding Ned Kelly - it was here that
the bushranger's exploits came to their bloody end in 1880. The main sites of the capture
are signposted, so pick up a walking map and follow the trail.
Ned Kelly's Last Stand ( 03-5766-2367; 41 Gladstone St; tickets $25; 10am-4pm) is an animated
theatre where Ned's story is told by a cast of surprisingly lifelike animatronic characters,
and culminates in a smoky shootout and Ned's hanging (it may be too scary for young
children). Original props include a Kelly-era handgun, Sgt Kennedy's hitching post and a
rare copy of the findings of the Royal Commission into the Kelly manhunt. A few doors
up, a museum holds Kelly memorabilia and artefacts gathered from all over the district, and
a replica of the Kelly home.
The town has several country-style cafes and motels, as well as the local pub.
Glenrowan lies 235km northeast of Melbourne along the Hume Fwy (M31).
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Wangaratta
POP 17,400
Wangaratta (or just plain old 'Wang' to the locals) is a busy commercial centre situated
along the Hume Fwy. It's the turn-off for the ski fields along the Great Alpine Rd, and for
the Rutherglen wine region. The name means 'resting place of the cormorants'.
The town sits neatly at the junction of the Ovens and King Rivers - the first buildings,
in the 1840s, were based around a punt service that operated until 1855. Even so, what
you see today is a modern provincial town with only faint echoes of that past.
 
 
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