January 12 - 18, 2022
◆ CULTURAL IDENTITY: Xavier Pinard’s Miner’s Spade sculpture represents Chiltern’s gold mining past and the flora and fauna of the nearby Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park.
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◆ TREE OF LIFE: The latest addition to the mosaics trail in Myrtleford is the ‘Love the life tree’.
The North East has so much to offer for a day, a weekend, a week or longer
MYRTLEFORD IN the 1920s and immediately following the Second World War, large numbers of Italian migrants settled in Myrtleford and the area become a major tobacco growing centre. Many of the distinct corrugated iron tobacco drying kilns can still be seen around the town and a replica historic log tobacco kiln (built in 1957) stands in Rotary Park with explanation boards and history.
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The tobacco farms have now been replaced by wine grapes, hops, walnuts, chestnuts, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, apples, kiwifruit, olives, vegetables, beef and dairy cattle. The Murray to Mountains Rail Trail passes through Myrtleford and local produce, cellar doors and goldmining history panels make up some of the sights. Picnics can be enjoyed at
Jubilee Park and Rotary Park, swimming at Nimmo Bridge and trout and cod fishing off the bridge on Seltzers Lane in Ovens. For boating, canoeing and jet and ski boat activities, Lake Buffalo is 24 kilometres south. If you have younger children, a highlight will be the ‘Love the life tree’ mosaic in the heart of town where they can search for the birds,
moths, bikers, animals and so much more in the branches. CHILTERN Chiltern became prominent following the discovery of gold in the 1850s and has a number of historically interesting buildings and as well as a grapevine which was planted in 1867 and reputed to be the largest in the world. The Chiltern Athenaeum showcases the tales of the men and women who have
worked and lived around the area for the past 170 years. A World War I Krupp 75mm gun stands at one end of the main street and was captured as a trophy of way by 19 year old Chiltern resident Martin John Balsarini and his brigade - the 4th Lighthorse, 12th Reinforcements. For bargain hunters, Chiltern has a thriving antique scene where you will find a range of Victorian-era furniture, china,
glassware and trinkets.
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At the Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park you will find artworks by original inhabitants including an ochre painting thought to represent a thylacine. The Mount Pilot Lookout offers 360-degree views of the countryside and is home to rare orchids, birdlife, secretive marsupials like the Australian
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