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| Mount Beauty | |
| High up in the Kiewa Valley, the town of Mount Beauty is tucked beneath Mount Bogong, the highest peak in the Victorian Alps. Flanked by national parks and alpine wilderness, Mount Beauty is set among rich valleys, snow-clad mountains, lakes and wild rivers full of fish. It is a year round base for high country exploration and central to some of the most exciting adventures Victoria has to offer, all within easy reach. | |
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exists for explorers, with special events, tournaments and festivals
filling the calendar every month. From here the choice is yours; you can
walk or ride on horse or bicycle, you can motor or glide, take a canoe or
a four wheel drive. In winter you can ski for miles; in spring, the
wildflowers will stop you in wonderment every few metres. There are golf
and garden festivals in season, car rallies and picnic races, cattle
drives and Christmas feasting in December and one of Victoria's secrets,
the November Festival of the Bogong Moth.
From the time of the Dreaming, the high country has been a meeting place of peace, feasting and good sport. The Aborigines of the seven tribes of north east Victoria would congregate after the spring thaw on the banks of the Murray River at Mungabareena, or Albury. Problems were sorted out, marriages confirmed and new plans made. Spears were laid down and the tribe from Mt Beauty, the Ya-itma then, led the way to the high plains for the annual Bogong Moth feast. The Aboriginal name for the moth is bogong and today the Bogong Moth Festival once more calls people together to celebrate peace and good living when spring transforms the Victorian high country into lush pastures of wildflowers and coursing mountain streams. It is the power of these mighty streams which ensures the accessibility and protection of the high country for modern generations. Like nearby Bogong Village, Mt Beauty was built to house workers involved in the construction and operation of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme in the late 1940s. To access the powerful source of the Kiewa River meant carving a weatherproof route through the rugged mountains. This route, the winding, scenic Bogong High Plains Road, gave Victoria more than power, it opened the way for development of the second largest alpine ski resort in the State, Falls Creek. Events |
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