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There are also magnificent vintage cars, including a Buick, Holden staff cars, Chevy
trucks, carriages and motorbikes.
For 24 years from the end of WWII,
Bonegilla
, 10km east of Wodonga, was Australia's
first migrant-reception centre, providing accommodation and training for some 320,000
migrants. At the
Bonegilla Migrant Experience
( 02-6020 6912;
www.bonegilla.org.au
; Bonegilla Rd; admis-
sion free, group tours by appointment $5; 10am-4pm)
you can visit some of the preserved
buildings and see photos and historical memorabilia.
Gateway visitor information centre
(
1300 796 222;
www.alburywodongaaustralia.com.au
;
Hume Hwy, Gate-
9am-5pm)
has 24-hour touch-screen information and an accommodation-book-
way Village;
ing service.
Wodonga is 323km northeast of Melbourne along the Hume Fwy (M31).
