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The El Dorado Museum Collection is sited in the original school house No. 246 built in 1870. The school rooms and out-sheds house a large variety of items. Social and domestic purposes: irons, ovens, pots, butter churns, scales, phonographs

Wangaratta Historical Society is situated in the city centre, in the Old Fire Station building. The Wangaratta Historical Society was formed in 1959 by a group of mostly teachers who saw the need to preserve the heritage of Wangaratta and district before it was lost. The Museum houses over 2,000 objects, items and 10,000 glass negatives from the Thelma and Vine studios of the 1840s to the 1950s. The collection showcases the lives of the districts' peoples in peace and war, on the farms and in the towns. The Museum is open Sunday afternoons and at other times by appointment. The Museum has many schools and groups visit and they encourage visitors. The Museum is a not for profit organisation. A fee is charged for membership, for research, photograph printing and photocopying, they are always glad of any donations. Volunteers work at the Museum on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 am to 12 noon. There are no paid staff and they have a great band of volunteers and support from many quarters. The Museum is on council owned land and assistance is always available from them. The highlight of the collection is the 2011 Heritage listed Marianne Gibson Quilt; the world's finest example of a crazy patchwork quilt made by a local woman, Marianne between 1891-1896. It incorporates the story of the times and styles of the late 1800's and amongst many motifs featured local and fauna. This quilt was given to the Wangaratta Historical Society in 1976 by Miss Alma Gard, a housekeeper for the Gibson's who was given the quilt by the daughters of Marianne. The quilt is kept in a special temperature controlled atmospheric room.

Warby-Ovens National Park is 240km north east of Melbourne and 10km west of Wangaratta. It is best accessed from Wangaratta via Wangandary and Yarrawonga Roads. The 14,655 ha Warby-Ovens National Park is characterised by three distinct vegetation communities - the granitic hills and woodlands of the Warby Range, the Box-Ironbark of the Killawarra Forest and the Redgum forest and wetlands of the unregulated Ovens Heritage River. Together they provide an important link from the alpine foothills to the Murray River protecting some of the State's most significant bushland. Enjoy a picnic or barbecue at Pine Gully Picnic Area, Briens Gorge, Ryans Lookout and Adams/Tower Road. The views from Ryan's Lookout are exceptional, especially in winter with snow covered peaks in the distance. The lower reaches of the Ovens River offer some of the best still water canoeing in the state among a maze of channels and wetlands. With care, power boats can explore the river for several kilometres upstream from Camerons Bend. Murray Cod are frequently caught in the Lower Ovens River. Most are returned to the river to ensure the ongoing survival of this iconic fish. Before you go Conditions can change in parks for many reasons. For the latest information on changes to local conditions, please visit the relevant park page on the Parks Victoria website. Be bushfire ready in the great outdoors. Refer to the Bushfire Safety section on the Parks Victoria website for tips on how to stay safe.

Wangaratta Art Gallery offers the local, regional and visiting community a unique experience amongst the network of regional and public art galleries in Victoria. A superb small gallery that presents a program of quality and innovative exhibitions of touring, in-house curated and regional artist exhibitions with additional local arts groups and artists exhibitions, public programs, lectures, forums, talks and schools programs. Wangaratta Art Gallery is situated in the arts precinct, right next door to the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre. The new Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre offers an outstanding café and restaurant directly outside the Gallery entrance, also catering to Gallery visitors. The Wangaratta Art Gallery adopted a Permanent Art Collection Policy in 2004 enabling the Gallery to collect textiles, wood, small sculpture, art work about the region, work by regional, state and national artists of significance. The collection is gradually building its holdings and is shown from time to time in specifically developed exhibitions in the main Gallery space. Now an established biannual event the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, which began in 2009, and was also installed in 2011 and 2013, continues to be an inspiring event in the Gallery's calendar attracting artists and visitors from all over Australia. While visiting Wangaratta Art Gallery, take a moment to browse in the Foyer Gift Shop which features extraordinary work by local, regional and national artists and designers.

Olive Health Wangaratta have more than just the largest range of vitamins and minerals. The Olive Health Foods make it easy for you to eat and live healthy. Everything to do with a healthier you. Olive Health Wangaratta sell Organic and locally grown produce as well as teas, herbs, coffees, nuts and seeds. They specialise in providing everything Gluten Free, eco friendly household products, Natural Skincare and Cosmetics. They also have water filtration equipment, a massive range of spices, bulk foods (Olive Brand) and sports supplements and proteins. The Olive Health Foods is a retail health and wellbeing store established over 10 years ago. Offering professional sound advice reinforced by an emphasis on strong dependable customer service. With the goal of establishing itself not only as the premier Natural health and wellbeing venue, but also Wangaratta's foundation for organic produce, by way of strong importance on supporting local and regional suppliers. The Olive Health Foods places great significance on providing not just an extensive range of product but also catering for a wide range of dietary requirements such as vegan and vegetarian, gluten free, wheat free, yeast free, diabetic and allergies. Please contact them for further details or view their website.

RSL Wangaratta is situated in the heart of the Wangaratta CBD. We offer great food including Australian and Malaysian Cuisine We have full bar service including all local wines and a large range of different beers. We also have a function room for your next event with full bar services. Friday nights happy hour 5-30 till 7-00 with raffles for all. Come and see our friendly staff and let them help you from drinks to food.

Victoria's North East Valleys is Australia's most desirable regional food and wine destination, offering quality, diversity, authenticity of the food and wine experience, characterised by the unique mix of professionalism and style of their people, influenced by the freshness of the alpine air, clean water and excellent growing conditions of the valleys, hillsides and ranges. The North East Valleys region is at the forefront as a wine and food tourism destination benchmarked Australia wide. The North East includes the renowned food and wine regions of Rutherglen, Beechworth, Glenrowan, The Milawa Gourmet Region, King Valley, Myrtleford, Bright, the Alpine Valley and the Kiewa Valley. Pick up a Seasonal Indulgent brochure at the local Tourist Information Centres and either drive or cycle your way around and sample the local product, wine and beer the region has to offer. Find out about the Pedals to Produce program where you can hire a beautiful basket for your bike and touring maps with a voucher with $400 worth of value or visit the online retail store Provincial Pantry where you can purchase pure North East products on thewebsite.