Visit Maryborough & Surrounds

02/08/2025

📸The Evans Hotel bed and Breakfast

Kevin of Bealiba is a free roaming peacock that wanders all over town.
His tail feathers must be nearly 1.5mts long..

31/07/2025

❄️ 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖦𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺 𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼, 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗌𝗍 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 👋

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁:
🖼️ (10am-4pm) The Central Goldfields Art Gallery; located at the historic Old Fire Station, invites you to view the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Exhibition 2025.
Other current exhibitions are ‘Allegories’ by Nick Dridan, Permanent Collection, and the Art of Gold.
☝️The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday, free entry.

🎥 The Maryborough Paramount Theatre screens all the latest releases from the box office, in their historic upgraded twin theatres.
🍿 Check out their great movie/dinner deal!

🍹 (5pm-7pm) Every Friday is 'Happy Hour' with $15 cocktails in the Wine & Cocktail Bar at the Bull and Mouth Hotel.

🪩 (8pm) If you enjoyed the disco era, then call into the Railway hotel Dunolly, and dance the night away at their Disco night.

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁:
🏃‍♀️‍➡️(8am) Embrace our open spaces and try the free weekly timed 5km walk/jog/run; open to all ages and abilities.
☝️Register online at Goldfields Reservoir parkrun.

👩‍🎨 (11am-5pm) Possum Gully Fine Arts offer their permanent collection, featuring works from renowned printmakers, and artists local and national.
🖼️ View the recently completed Mural located nearby at the Adelaide Lead Hall, by the owner/artist of Possum Gully, Patricia Walsh.
(open Saturday & Sunday; Public Holidays, or by appointment).

📢 (2pm-3pm) Maryborough Railway Station Guided Tour.
Why was it built in this small Victorian country town?
Join our one hour guided tour to explore the myths and stories surrounding the origins of the station.
☝️Why not experience the grandeur and visit the former First-Class dining room at The Station Cafe Restaurant Bar for morning or afternoon tea (additional to the tour).
☎️ Bookings essential: 👉035460 4511
📧 [email protected]

🎸(8.30pm) Calling all Bee Gee's fans; you’re in for a treat with a tribute night featuring their music, at the Maryborough Highland Society.

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁:
🎨(10am-3pm) Fossickers Fine Food & Eatery is an espresso, wine bar, store and art space ‘The Folk Experiment’.
🖼️ Their current exhibition features Mark Mason Raku.
Mark is a ceramic artist living and working in Castlemaine.
☝️In this exhibition, Mark is showcasing his Copper Matte Raku and Horsehair Raku works, techniques he has perfected over the years.
(opened Friday-Sunday).

🎸(6pm) The Maryborough Country Music Club host their Country Music Night, featuring guest performer Johnny Doyle performing at the Maryborough Highland Society.

For more inspiration visit: 👉www.visitmaryboroughandsurrounds.com.au

31/07/2025

'Throwback Thursday' to c1925, showing the location of the Maryborough Baths in an aerial view.

📍In the left bottom corner, you can see a line of railway passenger carriages in the Railway Station Yard.
On the far right, is the Cambrian Hotel with its two chimneys and verandah, on the corner of Burns St and Cambridge (now Nolan) St, (Don't confuse it with, above it, the much larger Harrisons Boarding House, previously the Commercial Hotel, closed down as part of the Colonies reduction in the number of pubs per town).

☝️Coming left from that junction, are the first buildings of the School of Mines, then Technical School/College, now the home of the Central Goldfields Shire Council.

☝️Directly below, is the original 1900 Borough community funded Council Baths, which were closed when the Olympic Pool opened in 1941.

👋You'll notice that most landmarks in the photo aren't there today, with most being the Domain in front of the Railway Station main building.
📸 State Library Victoria

28/07/2025

ℹ️ Today our Central Goldfields Visitor Centre were proud to introduce our new Official Visitor Guide 🙌

☝️This fabulous resource is a necessity for our visitors to learn about our area, and understand our unique history, culture and offerings 👋

👏Congratulations to all our team who contributed, and special thanks to Kate and Angela for producing such a professional publication 🙌

ℹ️ For your copy, call into our Visitor Centre, or alternatively view on online 👉 https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/visit-maryborough-surrounds-victoria/maryborough-surrounds-new-official-visitor-guide

28/07/2025

ℹ️ Today our Central Goldfields Visitor Centre were proud to introduce our new Official Visitor Guide 🙌

☝️This fabulous resource is a necessity for our visitors to learn about our area, and understand our unique history, culture and offerings 👋

👏Congratulations to all our team who contributed, and special thanks to Kate and Angela for producing such a professional publication 🙌

ℹ️ For your copy, call into our Visitor Centre, or alternatively view on online 👉 https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/visit-maryborough-surrounds-victoria/maryborough-surrounds-new-official-visitor-guide

28/07/2025

27/07/2025

27/07/2025

👋 For a scenic easy walk why not wander around Lake Victoria, centrally situated in Maryborough 📍

🙌 There’s nearby playgrounds, undercover BBQ’s, skatepark and recreational facilities 🚶🚶🏽‍♂️
📸

27/07/2025

👋Legend has it that a well-known miner who went by the name of Paddy once roamed the Box-Ironbark forest surrounding Maryborough.
☝️From the 1840s the land was used by the pioneers for grazing, gold mining, timber harvesting, eucalyptus oil and honey production.
🌲In 1951 the Maryborough Field Naturalist Club started vying for protection of this unique forest and in 1989, the State Park was reserved and Paddy’s Ranges National Park was officially born.

🦜In 2002, the area was increased to conserve 1,954 hectares of stunning forestland woodlands that is now home to over 140 bird species and over 230 species of wildflowers.

🐾Along with wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, possums and more, the Park is rich with Red, Yellow and Grey Box species of Box eucalypts and the well-recognised dark, deeply grooved black bark of the beautiful Ironbarks.

🚴Enjoy bushwalking, picnics, camping, horse riding, cycling and prospecting in this fabulous natural playground.

☝️Paddys Ranges State Park is one of six Aboriginal Title parks in Central West Victoria, jointly managed by the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and Parks Victoria.

ℹ️ Call into our Visitor Centre for further information and maps.

25/07/2025

🚉 New Artwork at Maryborough Station 🎨

Dja Dja Wurrung (Djaara) artist Marykia Males' stunning new artwork has arrived at Maryborough Station - a bold, beautiful expression of connection to Djandak (Dja Dja Wurrung Country) and Community.

🖤 “This piece symbolises our connection to Country. Through animals and community gathering to share stories with one another. Bundjil soaring in the sky is a representation of wisdom and protection.” – Marykia Males

Next time you’re passing through, pause. Stand with the work. Reflect on the stories it carries. Connect with the spirit of Dja Dja Wurrung Country - past, present and future.
Thank you to our project partners Central Goldfields Shire Council and V/Line for walking with us on this journey.

Central Goldfields Shire Council V/Line DJANDAK

24/07/2025

24/07/2025

'Throwback Thursday' to 1891 to Matilda Ann Aston, or better known as local Carisbrook girl 'Tilly Aston'.

☝️Tilly was born in the town of Carisbrook, Victoria in 1873, the youngest of eight children born to Edward Aston, a bootmaker, and his wife, Ann.
Unfortunately she was vision-impaired from birth, and became totally blind by the age of 7.

☝️In 1881 her father died and her mother extended her work as district nurse to support the family.

☝️Six months later, through a chance meeting, she met Thomas James, a miner who had lost his sight in an industrial accident and who had become an itinerant blind missionary.
He taught her to read braille and, soon after, the Rev. W. Moss, who visited Carisbrook with the choir of the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind, persuaded her to attend the school in St Kilda, Melbourne, to further her education.
Tilly enrolled as a boarder on 29 June 1882.

☝️After successfully matriculating at the age of 16, Tilly became the first blind Australian to go to a university, enrolling for an arts degree from University of Melbourne.
However, due to the lack of braille text books and "nervous prostration", she was forced to discontinue her studies in the middle of her second year.
While convalescent, she tried to earn her living as a music teacher, and realised the plight of blind people.

☝️After leaving school, she lived with her mother and a brother in Melbourne until about 1913, when her mother died and her brother married.
She then moved to a house of her own in Windsor, where she had a house-keeper-companion.

☝️The challenges Tilly faced in managing life as a woman with blindness became the impetus for her to work to improve the lives of other people who were blind.
Tilly and her peers achieved not only significant advances and rights for people who are blind, but Tilly also became a celebrated author and the first female teacher who was blind.

👏Tilly founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers, and later went on to establish the Association for the Advancement of the Blind, with herself as secretary.

🙌She is remembered for her achievements in promoting the rights of vision-impaired people.
A disability advocate who fought for the blind and low vision people to 'hold their own' in a prejudiced society.

She died there of cancer on 1 November 1947, and was buried at
St Kilda Cemetery.

☝️The Federal electorate Division of Aston in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and a street in the Canberra suburb Cook are named in her honour.

👋A cairn was erected in her honour, a year after her death, by Carisbrook Primary School and the Midlands Historical Society, and there is a sculpture in her honour in Kings Domain, Melbourne.

📍Today you can visit the Tilly Aston Memorial in Carisbrook, and view her achievements with an informative display in the gazebo located off the Pyrenees Highway.