Tarnagulla Touring

07/04/2026

TARNAGULLA CALLING.

It’s the smell of smoky Ironbark
wondering from the chimney stacks.
It’s the taste of fresh tank water,
that keeps me coming back.

It’s the sleepy little back lanes,
with their sandy gravel tracks.
It’s wattle growing in the bush,
It’s the ringing of an axe.

Oh, it’s Tarnagulla calling me,
when she knows I cannot stay.
Tarnagulla I can hear you,
from a thousand miles away.

It’s the broken backs and blisters,
from men and women of our past.
It’s the sheer determination,
of our kin, our pioneers that we last.

It’s the townsfolk here that make her,
with their open friendly smiles.
It’s their history in the families,
It’s the town they won’t let die.

It’s the bushie in the characters,
that you chance upon to greet.
It’s the friendly wave you’ll never see,
in bustling city streets.

Oh, it’s Tarnagulla calling me,
yes, I hear her everyday
Tarnagulla, know I’m there with you,
from a thousand miles away.

But although my life is elsewhere,
and for now I cannot stay.
I hear my Tarnagulla calling,
and with her, you’ll find my grave.

07/04/2026

The Tarnagulla track


Garden beds, old tin sheds,
and smokey chimney stacks,
Peace within for me is found,
down that Tarnagulla track.

Barbed wire and fence posts,
Shearing sheds and things.
Wattle blossoms golden blooms,
What memories they bring.

Paddocks full of Wheat
where Headers reap their yield,
Silos filled with golden grain
This year, the farmer’s smile is real.

Rabbits running up ahead
There ‘ll be no turning back.
Just like them, I’ve found my home.
Down that Tarnagulla track.

And this old man keeps walking
in his mind we wanders back.
To when he was just a little boy
playing down that Tarnagulla track.

Garden beds, old tin sheds
, and smokey chimney stacks,
Peace within for me is found,
down that Tarnagulla track.
Yes, down that Tarnagulla track

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02/01/2026

A great day's outing still these days :)

25/11/2025

Flight starts over LLanelly and gives a view of the Murphy's Creek farmland before banking to the left, to track over Tarnagulla Golf course. Down there in all the bushland sits Tarnagulla. As we clear the bushland Newbridge sits to the left on the river and we track South down past Laanecorrie and the Res, before descending into the Waanyarra farmlands area. ...Enjoy.

25/11/2025

Tarnagulla Touring from the air. This flight is over the beautiful area of Laanecoorie.

19/04/2023

School Reunion :) !!

15/07/2022

Supporting your town. Supporting local businesses. Supporting local ventures that could bring better things to all in the district is not always about giving monies or shopping local. It can be simply telling others that good things are happening around your town. That a local shop can offer as good as those in a bigger place. That a club here may be smaller but it offers a more friendly atmosphere.
Supporting local can cost nothing more that giving a friendly wave down town..

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So, welcome visitors and let them know what our town and district has to offer. Tarnagulla is situated in the middle of the Golden Triangle of central Victoria.
It is a town steeped in history that dates back to the gold rush years of the middle 1800's. The surrounding villages of Murphy's Creek, Newbridge, Arnold, LLanelly , Laanecoorie and Waanyarra. all play a part in offering our visitors some of the most amazing fauna and flora to be seen.
The Loddon river is a picturesque place to camp/ caravan or picnic. There is a shop and a Hotel at the bridge that crosses the river. Laanecoorie boast a caravan park and a beautiful setting by the river. Much of the surrounding area of Tarnagulla is native bushland and a haven for prospectors searching for their pot of gold.
To its west is productive farming land where sheep and grain are grown. The true beauty of the land is wondering the back lanes with their picturesque pastures and grazing sheep. This is Murphy's Creek.
The town of Tarnagulla is famous for it's rustic buildings and street scape , It's cathedral churches and gold mining history.
With a town population of less than 150 the pace is slow and relaxed, but the entertainment here is many and varied. With Fishing, Golf, Bushwalks or rides or just enjoying a cuppa at our local Community Centre Café. This Café is where you'll find the Visitors Information Centre.
A short walk up the street you'll find our General Supply Store, a Pub and our Post Office. Our Reservoir offers camping and caravan sites with showers and toilets and children's play area.
Other helpful contact points for you to search are our historical records site : Tarnagulla.com and "Visit Tarnagulla" will keep you up to date on the daily activities of our town.
It’s a great little town full of great folk. !!
Always has been 😊

22/06/2022

Always looking for ideas to bring back home to Tarna. Grants for excersize equipment can be found if we look.. Kids love this kind of playing!!!

20/05/2022

I’m lucky enough to live in a tiny town in Central Victoria.

I’m also lucky enough to be a chatterbox and love talking to the folk of our town. The young, the old, the new and the long-time stayers whose ancestors started the town.
Sometimes I give them the chance to talk, and when I do, I find that they are very much like me when it comes to their hopes, dreams, wants and needs for our town. I guess when I look at us all I just think of a rope that is yet to be spliced to give it strength.
I think the time is coming very soon where we have that opportunity to give strength and gain it from each other.

I’m lucky enough to live in a tiny town in Central Victoria.

09/05/2022

Tarnagulla Yacht Club.

The Tarnagulla Yacht Club is active at the Tarnagulla Ressy this Saturday at 12 Noon and you are welcome to bring a Picnic lunch and take part in the fun of radio-controlled sailing / boating.

The club meets at the ressy every 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. If you’d like to know more about this fun activity ,call Harold. 0412845715

24/04/2022

Perfect day for a stroll around our Ressy..