General Information

Regional Activities

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   Touring and looking at the sights
   Tour on the plains and take in the Food and Wine areas of Milawa and Rutherglen.
   Tour in the hills and valleys, and you'll find historic Beechworth and picturesque Bright are both well worth visiting.
   Visit the mountains and alpine regions, including Mt Hotham and Mt Buffalo National Park. The walks are first class or you can gaze out over the magnificent views without leaving your car.
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   And for the more active
   Bicycle riding on the Rail Trail. You can travel by train to Wangaratta and tour the Ovens Valley by Bicycle. The Rail Trail passes our front gate and we are a comfortable 1/2 day ride from Wangaratta.We offer swimming, spas and tennis for a most relaxing stay, before you continue.
   Powered Hang Gliding - what a buzz - motor to heights above Mt Buffalo. Cut the engine and glide back to the valley landing strip. You of course are the passenger, safely looked after by the pilot.
   Paragliding at Wandiligong near Bright.
   Snow Skiing on Mount Hotham, Falls Creek, or Mount Buffalo
   4 wheel drive the alpine and sub alpine valleys all the way through to Wangaratta.
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   Bushwalk and Hike the well laid out National Park Trails on Mt Buffalo, extensive plateau or Bogongs exhilirating alpine routes. The alpine trail from Diamantina hut on Mt Hotham across the Razorback to Mt Feathertop and then down Bungalow spur to Harrietville is one of the most accessible, yet magnificent walks the region offers.
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   The winery and food tours you can plan yourselves, taking in several or many of the 150 wineries, within 1 hour of Valley Homestead, together with a Cheese Factory, a Mustard Farm, Berry Farms, Walnuts and Chestunts, local jams and other produce. And if you visit when the cherries are ripe you can buy direct from the farmer. Cherries so lush and dark with so much 'flesh' on them.