Things To Do And See During Your Stay At Hill End!

•  Take the time to smell the fresh country air.   

• Go on a mine tour or try your luck gold panning ( gold panning dishes are available).
• Visit Northey's and see their range of camping equipment, souvenirs and gold
• Visit the Great Western store and see their extensive range of beautiful rocks, antiques and craft items zetc.
• Visit Rose Cottage and enjoy Devonshire tea in the beautiful garden.
• Visit Hosies store and stock up on their old style lollies, see the huge range of gift ware and antiques.
• At the general store stock up on those essential items you may have left at home.
• Visit the local Hill End Royal Hotel for a game of pool or join the locals in the main bar and learn about the area from the experts. Great meals are available from the beer garden.
• Visit the local National Parks information centre located in the original Hill End hospital building. Watch a video about gold at Hill End or tour the museum section. Sight seeing maps or directions are available for the local area.
• Visit La Paloma Pottery. 
• Enjoy a game of mongrel golf at the ranch which runs most Sunday mornings.
• See the local sights such as Valentines mine, Split rock, Bald Hill, Hawkins Hill (where Beyers and Holterman found the largest gold specimen in the world weighing 286 Kilograms).
• Wander the town and read the signs displayed giving details of what shops etc that existed on the spot and showing the photo’s taken in the 1870’s by Beaufoy Merlin showing buildings that have disappeared over the years.
• Visit the local rivers.
• Hill End is a lovely place to explore with its rich orange soil and interesting landscape. A great example of this is The Arch. Hill End’s landscape is popular among artists such as Russell Drysdale and Donald friend.
• Hill End is a great place to explore on foot or by bicycle.
• Pack a picnic lunch and visit the local park or lookouts etc and enjoy the local scenery.  
• A few local maps and information are supplied with your accommodation.
• If  you prefer relax at Aunty Ette’s Hill End Homestyle Accommodation and enjoy a video or DVD, play a board game, do a jigsaw puzzle. Take a look at the antiques and relics of years gone by displayed throughout the house. Wander the 3 acre property which includes Hill End Berry Farm. If you prefer sit on the verandah with your favourite drink and watch the sun set.
• Relax, unwind, enjoy the peace and quiet. Relive the life of days long gone staying in an authentic 1870’s gold rush town. Hill End is a small old gold mining town with a population of just over 100 people. The gold may be harder to find but the charm of an old town lives on in Hill End. The National Parks and wildlife service have preserved the charm of this town. Take your time slow down and picture what life would have been like during the gold rush. Imagine a population of 8,000 people. The sound of huge Stamper Batteries working 24 hours a day in the continual search for gold. The sound was so great that when they broke down people had trouble sleeping because it was too quiet. Imagine a mile of shops and 27 pubs.

                        A fine old Country road                                                                Local Wildlife play

Back to the good old times!

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