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!
Horse and Cart