Myrtleford is a friendly, beautiful town of 3,500 people located on the Great Alpine Road, in amazing North East Victoria. We're just 270 km northeast of Melbourne, via the Hume Freeway or V-Line rail link. Our nearest major airport is in Albury, only 55km away. Neighbouring towns include Wangaratta, Beechworth, Porepunkah, Mt Beauty & Bright.
Our town is beautifully positioned in the northern foothills of the Mt Buffalo Range, on the Ovens River, Happy Valley Creek and Barwidgee Creek. Our location makes Myrtleford a perfect base for accessing the Mt Buffalo and Alpine National Parks, with the snow sports at Falls Creek and Mt Hotham, fabulous hiking on the Bogong High Plains & Mt Buffalo Plateau, aerial sports like paragliding, and extensive alpine mountain bike trails.
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 has a flourishing commercial centre, and is the hub for activities in the timber & hops industries and the expanding premium winegrape market.
Travelling on foot or by bicycle is the best way to explore Myrtleford and its surrounds. In fact, you can get here on the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail - over 100km of sealed, peaceful bike path running from Wangaratta to Bright.
There's a wonderful view of the town from the Reform Hill Lookout, which you can reach via readily accessible walking tracks.
At the western entrance to town, on the Great Alpine Road is the incredible Phoenix Tree sculpture by Hans Knorr. At the centre of its root system, you'll see the mythical Phoenix Bird.
Nearby is an historic log Tobacco Kiln, a reminder of one of
the industries which helped Myrtleford to thrive.
Walk over the foot bridge beside the Kiln and enjoy a swim in the cool, fresh waters of the Ovens River.
Approaching Myrtleford, travellers are struck by the beauty of the mountains. From these peaks run fresh clean waters to make the creeks and streams which finally flow together into 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 flooding into the region searching for gold. The track created by those miners beside the Ovens River is now the Great Alpine Road.
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