Marysville & Surrounds

• Marysville
• north:
  • Cathedral Range State Park
  • see also - Eildon & surrounds
• south & south-west:
  • Healesville
  • see also - Warburton & surrounds
  • see also - Dandenong Ranges
• east:
  • Lake Mountain
  • Matlock
• west
• see also:
  • History of Australia
  • forests
  • maps:
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Marysville:

• 1.5hrs drive from Melbourne in the sub-alpine ranges although Nordic/cross-country skiing maybe available at Lake Mountain 16km away
• highlights:
  • Steavenson's Falls - 4km drive from town; 84m drop; floodlit at night; - named by John Steavenson who surveyed the area in 1862 and named the town after his wife.
  • lunch-time by the fire in winter:
    • Inn Neutral
    • Keppel's Hotel
    • the Kooringa
    • the Cumberland 
  • local drives & walks:
    • Lady Talbot Drive
    • Big Trees Walk
    • Lake Mountain Drive
  • other waterfalls nearby:
    • Cora Lynn
    • Cumberland
    • Kepples
    • Phantom
    • Taggerty River
• accommodation:
  • local website
  • Kooringa resort - conference facilities; indoor pool with spa; games room; tennis court; close to golf course;
  • Willowbank B&B - big copper OFP
  • Nanda Binya Lodge 
  • Cathedral View B&B hilltop mudbrick at Buxton ph: 5774 7545

North:

• see also - Eildon & surrounds
• Cathedral Range State Park:
  • Wilhelmina Falls
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West:

• Yea:
  • scenic town
• Toolangi State Forest:
  • see http://www.ontheroad.com.au/previous/October1999/oct99toolangi.htm 
  • Murrindindi Scenic Reserve
    • Bull Creek camping ground
    • Pine Tree camping ground
  • Wirra Willa Nature Walk - wet sclerophyll rainforest
• the home of C.J. Dennis, creator of The Sentimental Bloke

South-West:

• Healesville:
  • Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary
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• Kinglake National Park:
  • Mason's Falls - like many in Victoria, only a trickle unless it has rained recently
  • Jehosaphat Gully - mountain ash 
  • The Gums camping area
  • Kinglake was logged between 1860-1927 supplying timber for the rapidly spreading urban development of Melbourne until the region was declared a National Park in 1928.
• Mt Disappointment State Forest:
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East:

• Lake Mountain:
  • 120km or 1.5hrs from Melbourne via Maroondah Hway, Healesville, Black Forest, Narbethong & Marysville
  • food, curiosity shops, ski & snow chain hire at Marysville
  • over-snow transport not required, car parking ($25/day) is next to the cross-country trails & snow-play slopes
  • road conditions ph: 1902 240 523 
• Matlock:
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