Guided Walking Tours
The Gold Rush walking tour includes the famous sites and stories of Beechworth’s rich golden history.
Tour highlights include:
- The story of the famous Rocky Mountain Tunnel that runs beneath Beechworth.
- The location of where $7,500,000 worth of Gold was stored each fortnight before being taken to Melbourne by the Gold Escort.
- The gold diggings which led to Beechworth being described as the richest alluvial goldfield in the Colony (and they didn’t get it all).
The Gold Rush guided walking tour departs at 1pm every day. Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre and are of 1 hour duration. Bookings made at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre
Prices - Adult $7.50, Concession/child $5, Family $15
Some answers to regularly questions:
* Suitable for prams and strollers * Comfortable footwear required * No video cameras allowed * Suitable for all ages * Tours run in all weather * Tickets must be purchased prior to tour departure * Dogs are not allowed on tour.
The Ned Kelly walking tour includes the sites and story of Ned Kelly’s connection to Beechworth. Tour highlights include:
- The house where Magistrate William Henry Foster, who presided over Ned Kelly’s Committal hearing in the Beechworth Court, lived.
- Ellen Kelly was sentenced to 3 years hard labour for the attempted murder of a policeman and spent some of that time in the Beechworth gaol.
- The site where Ned Kelly won a bare-knuckle boxing match in Beechworth that lasted 20 rounds.
The Ned Kelly guided walking tour departs at 10.30am every day. Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre and are of 1 hour duration. Bookings made at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre.
Prices - $7.50 Adult, Concession/child $5, Family $15
Here are some answers to regularly asked questions:
* Suitable for prams and strollers * Comfortable footwear required * No video cameras allowed * Suitable for all ages * Tours run in all weather * Tickets must be purchased prior to tour departure * Dogs are not allowed on tour.