Where is maryborough victoria

Possum Gully Gallery invites you to view a preview of their latest exhibition of 'The Ghosts' That Never Left' featuring photography works by the late Sun, 10 Jan Carisbrook Town Hall. Held at the historic Carisbrook Town Hall precinct in Carisbrook. An excellent range of confectionary, gift wares, collectables and bargains. Sat, 16 Jan Open to all ages and abilities. Walk, run, jog at Second Sunday of every month. Broadway, Dunolly Stroll along beautiful Broadway in Dunolly to view the range of stalls at the Dunolly Community Market.

From baked goods, local produce, second-hand g Fri, 05 Nov Sat, 06 Nov Factory 2. Newly opened Art Gallery "Factory 2" present their upcoming "Contemporary Landscape Exhibition" with an official opening. This exhibition features wo Thu, 11 Nov Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre. This eagerly anticipated annual exhibition unearths the diverse artistic Sat, 13 Nov Scout Hall. The Maryborough Scout Group Op Shop are holding a garage sale featuring furniture items only, desks, wardrobes and much more!

Come with a trailer or Wed, 17 Nov Princes Park, Park Road,Maryborough Fri, 19 Nov Station Domain Amphitheatre. Come along and enjoy some Outdoor Yoga with Izzy, suitable for beginners and the more experienced. Fri, 26 Nov Join in a fun fitness session with Brad, for all ages and fitness levels, receive a free water bottle, and free refreshments at the Railway Station Ca Maryborough Highland Society. The corner is emphasised by an oriel window topped by a circular domed turret with a flag pole.

On each side of the tower are flanking gables with the name of the hotel and the date inscribed within. Outside the first floor windows are small cantilevered balconies supported by decorative consoles and shell-shaped brackets. This is interpreted as "rich or poor, and fair justice for all". The Court House is the fourth court house in Maryborough. It is recognised as one of the largest court houses outside Melbourne. The post office is in the Italianate palazzo style and features two three arch colonnades and a clock tower.

In the post office took over whole building when a new court house was built next door. The fountain in front of the Town Hall was built as a memorial to Corporal Gerald Wilkinson, who was the first soldier from Maryborough to die in the Boer War. It is notable for the fine interior of the hall, particularly the gallery and painted ceiling. The Moderne style additions are also significant for their intactness and for the Art Deco interiors. The group of three buildings is significant as an outstanding example of late nineteenth century civic design.

It was built in The existing tower was the third one on the site and constructed in Engine sheds were added early in the 20th Century. The Central Goldfields Art Gallery is now housed here. An exceptional boom-style belltower was added with a bell from the homestead of the Simsons, the first pastoralists in the district. It was built in with Charles Walker as the architect. Maryborough Flour Mill Located at the corner of Inkerman and Albert Streets beside the railway line this year-old flour mill was built by William Phelan in this impressive three storey flour mill operated for 99 years.

It is now privately owned. The school continued to grow requiring the red brick structure to be built in and additional buildings added in Major upgrading of the buildings occurred in It closed at the end of The building is now privately owned. The cottage was built by Arthur Worsley stonemason in for his family. Two extra rooms were built in There are photographs and memorabilia relating to the local area and the cottage is furnished in period furniture.

It is open Tuesday to Thursday from At the rear is an old slab squatter's hut from Plaistow. It dates from c and was the home of the Joyce family. The squatter's hut is the oldest known building in the area. Most of the graves are unmarked and the occupants unknown. There were up to sites identified as possible graves, of which around 40 had been named on a memorial plaque erected at the front of the cemetery in There is also a large stone cross.

Bristol Hill Tower Located off Miners Drive and built in it was a Depression-era project this impressive tower offers panoramic views of Maryborough. The spiral staircase was built using bluestone from the old gaol buildings. Princes Park The park is a wonderland of unusual historic buildings including the ticket office, Memorial Gates and a particularly impressive Grandstand.

The unusual ticket office was built in and is the only known Edwardian-style ticket office in the state. It is still used today. The Grandstand is the only example of this type of building by Thomas Watts and Sons, and was modelled on the South Melbourne grandstand designed by William Elliot Wells which was destroyed by fire in and a similar grandstand at Victoria Park, Collingwood which was demolished in The remains of three rows of Monterey Pines and a row of Weeping Willows around the waters edge forms an attractive landscape.

A row of Dutch Elm trees frame the rotunda, and elms north of the grandstand and oval, and elms along the western drain and Holyrood Street, Monterey pines around the lake and along Burns Road are a major landscape feature of the reserve and of aesthetic value.

The well positioned and designed buildings and structures positioned to the west side of the oval and the lake in a landscaped reserve are of importance and rare for recreation reserves in Victoria, with no other reserve having a similar collection of structures. The art deco gentlemen's toilet is contemporary with the nearby registered swimming pool and is of aesthetic and architectural importance. The only similar landscaped recreation reserve in Victoria is at Benalla and on a smaller scale Melville Oval, Hamilton and neither have a collection of buildings, structures, lake and ornamental planting similar or as extensive as Prince's Park.

Phillips who was the Town Clerk. The entrance pavilion is architecturally important as a recreational building employing the architectural language promoted by European functionalist architects of the s and s and symbolising a concern for modernity, safety and hygiene.

It was designed by Education Department architect, Henry Bastow. Maryborough McDonalds also provides free Wi-Fi to customers. It is advisable for inexperienced country drivers to avoid driving at dusk and dawn to avoid coming into contact with kangaroos who have been spotted crossing roads as close as the edge of town.

If you must travel during these high-risk times, drive carefully and enlist your passenger as a "spotter" for wildlife, particularly kangaroos. Even late into the night, Kangaroos can be seen crossing or standing across roads.

If you plan on driving on any non-major roads, it is advisable to bring water in case you break down and need to stay with your car whilst awaiting assistance. Most roads in the central goldfields are well travelled, and someone will come across you within hours at worst. If the danger rating is extreme, be aware of the names of the towns and regions you plan to travel to throughout the day, and keep tuned to Any news broadcasted regarding a new or existing fire will be preceded by an alarm tone, you won't miss it.

If the danger rating is code red, reconsider your need to travel out of the town. Code red days are only announced once every 10 years or so, and are extremely high risk days for fast moving dangerous bushfires. If you've brought camping gear you could head 20 minutes away towards Avoca, where there are several underappreciated campgrounds with waterfalls and incredible bushwalking tracks.

Travel to Ballarat for more Goldfields heritage and tourism, including Sovereign Hill. Understand [ edit ] Visitor information [ edit ] Manned by volunteers, the centre provides lots of useful information about sights, restaurants and accommodation in the town and surrounding region. Stocks free brochures and maps, a number of souvenirs and can also arrange guided tours of the town on request.

There's also a small display with a few historic photographs and a scale model of the famous 69 kg "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget. By train [ edit ] Train services are infrequent. Get around [ edit ] The town is served by a modest bus network.