Walhalla Travel Guide

 iandsmith Says:  There's a really neat walk. One end of it starts from adjacent to the rotunda. At the top of the stairs if you turn right you go straight to the Long Tunnel Gold Mine (see earlier tip). This operated from 1863 to 1913 and 81,556,902 ounces were recovered. If you invested 10... 

 iandsmith Says:  Pearson Memorial Hospital is in this picture. You'll probably have to blow it up and look carefully in the top right hand corner where you'll notice a fine edifice peeping through the trees.William Pearson was a wealthy shareholder in the Long Tunnel Mine and donated his... 

 iandsmith Says:  There's lots of little interesting things to see on the walk, the poppet head of the Long Tunnel Gold Mine for one and the whimsical sign (pic 2) giving directions to places only a handful would ever consider.The third pic is obviously of a flower, though they are few in... 

 iandsmith Says:  A brass band was a major player in the social life of towns such as this. They still survive in some places to this day though, somewhat sadly in my opinion, we prefer to sit in front of a screen for our leisure these days. I'm certainly and obviously one who does just... 

 iandsmith Says:  That's the thing about gold mining towns, poverty persists alongside plenty and one of the more distressing ramifications of living here was the amount of young children that died during or just after child birth and in the ensuing 5 years. The graveyard is littered with... 

 iandsmith Says:  No less a scribe than noted English novelist, Anthony Trollope, visited in 1872 and was surprised to see a piano and a billiard table. He said, "..the mountains were so steep that it was often impossible to sit on horseback.....I could not have believed there had been so... 

 iandsmith Says:  This is an old gold mine where you can actually go underground and see how it used to be.This rejuvenated mine, and I know this because my youngest son's company had a hand in the occupational health and safety standards here, was only re-opened in recent times. It was one... 

 iandsmith Says:  Rated Australia's most unusual cemetery by locals, though there would be some competition for that, it sits on the side of a 45 degree precipitous slope.There have been over 1,100 burials here though considerably fewer memorials are visible today. That doesn't detract from... 

 iandsmith Says:  This is claimed to be Australia's most scenic railway and it's hard to dispute that when you're riding along it. Cut into a small canyon it certainly rates high on a picturesque scale, let alone being a wonder as an engineering feat.The narrow gauge line was opened in 1910... 

 lesaandbill Says:  Because this is off the beaten track, there are not a lot of people exploring this old gold mining community. There are plenty of tracks around town to take you to the top of the hills and overlook the city...while exploring the old goldmining caves. 

 lesaandbill Says:  What an experience...out in the middle of nowhere...we stumbled across this cute town...with a train that took about 1.5 hours return for travel between 2 towns. We'd recommend this inexpensive $12AUD trip to explore the forest from Walhalla and back. 

 1 Review and 0 Opinions  It's comfortable, cosy and very much in the guest house style of old. This would be a great place to...