Hiking around Beechworth
On the trail of Ned Kelly and Nebbiolo wine
Tour Dates
We are a small team and do not run every tour each year. There is no scheduled departure for this tour at this time.
This itinerary offers a great weekend of hiking and exploring one of the most historic towns in our area. Beechworth is North East Victoria’s best-preserved gold rush town and is famous for its fine selection of cafes and restaurants, shops and galleries. The itinerary has two hikes which take us off the beaten track to the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park and through the area’s prestigious Nebbiolo vineyards. We dine in two of the town’s most popular restaurants, including the multi award-winning “Provenance”, regarded as one of the best regional restaurants in Victoria, and have the opportunity to taste some of the area’s finest wines. Beechworth is an easy drive from Albury airport and around three and a half hours from Melbourne. Choose where to stay from an amazing selection of local accommodation and why not extend your stay to visit other highlights of this beautiful part of Victoria?
What’s Included?
- Two professional guides to look after your every need
- Two fully-guided hikes
- Free transfers to and from your accommodation in Beechworth
- Dinner on both evenings with excellent wines
- Picnic lunches on Saturday and Sunday
- Tasting the Nebbiolo wines of Beechworth’s premier winemakers
- Comprehensive pre-trip information
Tour Highlights
Exploring beautiful Beechworth, its gold rush history and its vineyards
Hiking in the footsteps of local outlaw Ned Kelly
Fabulous degustation dinner at award-winning Provenance
Walking / Terrain
Terrain: Good trails, some short climbs and descents
Shortest/Longest Day: 6 -15 km
Good trails, some short ups and downs, approx 9 km.
Accommodation
This weekend you have the choice of where to stay and you can book and pay for rooms directly with the accommodation, and here we have more details of all the places we are recommending in the area. You could of course book other hotels further afield but we would not be able to offer free transfers and you would need your own transport to get to and from Beechworth.
Why not take a little longer and spend some time exploring north east Victoria? We have more ideas on what to see and do in our beautiful and historic part of Australia.
Itinerary
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Day 1 Friday
Make your way to Beechworth on Friday and be ready to join us for drinks and dinner at 7:00 pm. This evening is a degustation menu at the award-winning Provenance restaurant, situated in a historic former bank building, and which has been an Age Good Food Guide two chef’s hat restaurant for the last 5 years running.
Day 2 Saturday
We meet at 9 am in front of the Visitor Information Centre at 103 Ford Street. A short drive takes us to the Mount Pilot National Park. Today’s hike starts with a visit to the Yeddonba aboriginal heritage site before following wide tracks through ironbark forest to the summit of Mount Pilot. Take in the magnificent views from the top before our picnic lunch. In the afternoon, we continue our hike through the National Park and return to Beechworth by minibus (16 km). Dinner tonight is at the “New” Empire Hotel on the corner of Camp and High Streets.
Day 3 Sunday
We meet at 8:30 am and drive to the start of our hike near Woolshed Falls. The hike starts with a short steep climb through the forest to emerge from the trees with spectacular views towards Beechworth and beyond to Mount Buffalo. We follow a wide trail alongside a paddock with open views of the countryside. Alfresco lunch amongst the trees, with a tasting of some renowned Beechworth wines – namely Chardonnay and Nebbiolo. After lunch, we drive to Traviarti winery to meet the winemaker and visit the cellars for a private tasting. (11 km) We return to Beechworth at 4 pm.
