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Myrtleford is a town of some 3,500 people located 223 m above sea-level on the Great Alpine Road between Wangaratta and Bright in north-east Victoria. Myrtleford is 273 km north-east of Melbourne via the Hume Freeway.
It is beautifully positioned in the northern foothills of the Mt Buffalo Range adjacent the Ovens River, Happy Valley Creek and Barwidgee Creek. As a result of its location it serves as a gateway to Mt Buffalo National Park and its associated skiing resorts.
Beautiful scenery, tranquillity, rivers and mountain views will enchant visitors to Myrtleford, nestled in the Ovens Valley with Mt Buffalo providing a dramatic backdrop. The town is a flourishing commercial centre and the hub for timber, hops and the expanding premium winegrape market.
  Travelling on foot or by bicycle is the best way to explore Myrtleford and its surrounds. There's a wonderful view of the town from Reform Hill which you can reach via the walking tracks. On the western side of town on the Great Alpine Road is the Phoenix Tree, where, to the centre of its root system you will see the Phoenix Bird sculptured by Hans Knorr. At the entrance to the town is a old log Tobacco Kiln which has been relocated and represents one of the industries that Myrtleford has been built on.
Approaching Myrtleford, travellers are struck by the beauty of the mountains.
From these mountains run fresh clean waters to make the creeks and streams which finally join together to form the Ovens River. This river has been the life blood of Myrtleford since 1837 when the first squatter John Hillas erected his huts and stockyards on its banks. Soon after, miners began to arrive in the region in search of gold. The track the miners hacked along the Ovens River is now the Great Alpine Road.
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