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t Tour of Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges

Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges lie to the northwest of 8 Malmsbury
Melbourne. The landscape is dotted with vineyards, small During the gold rush, this
peaceful hamlet was a busy
townships, craft markets and bed-and-breakfasts. The tour stop for prospectors on their
follows the Calder Highway, once taken by gold way to the gold fields.
prospectors to the alluvial fields of Castlemaine and Bendigo
Bendigo (see pp436–7) before heading west into the spa
country around Daylesford. The region’s wealthy past is
reflected in the 19th-century bluestone buildings,
including wool stores and stately homes. Malmsbury
Reservior
9 Hepburn Springs
The Mineral Springs Reserve is a Lauriston
large area of native bushland. It is an Reservior
idyllic place for walkers and those
who want to “take the waters” from
the old­fashioned pumps. Upper Coliban
Reservior

Daylesford

Wombat
State Forest

0 Trentham Falls Lerderderg river
Victoria’s largest
single­drop falls, 33 m
(108 ft) high, are a
few minutes’ walk
from Falls Road.

Rupertswood and the Ashes
During the Christmas of 1882, eight
members of the touring English cricket
team were house guests of Sir William
John Clarke at Rupertswood. The
English won a social game between
them and their hosts. Lady Clarke 0 kilometres 5
burnt a bail, placed the ashes in an urn 0 miles 5
and presented them to the English cap­
tain, Ivo Bligh. The urn was later
presented to Marylebone Cricket Key
Club by Bligh’s widow, and thus the Tour route
cricketing tradition of contesting
for The Ashes began. The original 1882 Ashes urn Other roads

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