Beechworth
The Beechworth Celtic Festival is an annual event that takes place throughout the streets, pubs, halls and other venues in Beechworth. Each year the the Festival attracts thousands of people to town to enjoy the entertainment that spans an entire weekend in November. The Celtic Festival is a great day out for everyone with many free events, stages, street performances and community groups getting involved. There are also a number of ticketed events which offer value for money and ticket holders see some of Australia's finest musicians and performers. With marching bands, pipe bands, Celtic musicians, street performers, dancers, markets and food the Beechworth Celtic festival is weekend of fun for all.
As well as being Victoria's best preserved gold mining town, Beechworth also has a number of remnants and ruins of our past. The Beechworth hospital facade is one such ruin and the most significant of all the partly remaining buildings in town. The hospital facade has a great, but in some ways sad, story and it is worth the short walk from the centre of town to see the facade and read its story. There is an informational board on site. The Beechworth Hospital Facade also makes a great location for wedding photos as well as happy snaps of your time in Beechworth. The hospital facade is located at the end of Church Street, approximately a five minute walk from the corner of Ford and Church Streets
Drive Back in Time is a popular annual Beechworth event held over two days each autumn. With polished chrome the proud owners present their vehicles in a static parade along Ford Street Beechworth in front of the Historic Precinct. There is also a steam display in the nearby Police Paddocks. The Beechworth Drive Back in Time weekend also includes a guided tour of the region by local enthusiasts. The weekend includes displays of cars, trucks and motor cycles as well as steam engines and other displays. There are various award categories and other informational displays on the day. The display to free to see and a great day out for both motoring enthusiasts and those enjoy a good family day out.
The Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Easter Festival is traditionally the biggest annual festival on the Beechworth calendar and each year attracts around ten thousand visitors to the region with many booking out accommodation and restaurants years in advance. The festival also attracts many day visitors from the surrounding districts all keen to see the spectacle. The weekend highlight is the Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Easter Festival parade which makes its way down Ford Street to the delight of onlookers and varies each year to include everything from elephants to the local comical marching band. There are plenty of activities during this weekend with the popular Easter egg hunt and side shows popular amongst the children.
Opera in the Alps is held each year in the grounds of LaTrobe at Beechworth. With a typical Australia bush backdrop Opera in the Alps has been staged in Beechworth each January for a number of years and each event attracts visitors from around Australia. Regular headline acts have included performers such as Marina Prior, David Hobson and James Morrison as well as some of Australia's rising stars. Tickets for Opera in the Alps should always be booked in advance as the popular seating and picnic areas do sell out. Ticket options may vary from year to year but generally included a seated area and a BYO chair and picnic area. Food and alcohol are available on site.
Beechworth is home to some of Australia's most iconic flora and fauna. Within minutes of the centre of town you may see koala's, kookaburra's, kangaroos, wallabies, cockatoos, blue tongued lizards, echidna's and wombats. There are also majestic gum trees, waterfalls, cascades and bush walks. Beechworth has plenty of walks to enjoy. From the casual strolls around the streets of Beechworth to the many bush trails and walks that let you discover hidden disused mines, waterfalls, cascades, creeks, typical Australian bush and wildlife there is a walk to suit everyone. Walks in Beechworth cover all levels of fitness with some longer more challenging bush walks to easy walks that let you experience this amazing part of Australia.
The Beechworth Telegraph Station is one of the first buildings you will encounter in the Beechworth Historic Precinct as you arrive from the centre of town along 
As Beechworth's alluvial gold deposits were depleated groups of miners organised themselves to begin using more advanced mining techniques including races to carry water from the creek area and the beginning of sluicing. A mining method using water under pressure to wash away the dirt.
Built in 1860 to store the gunpowder used in the local gold mining, the powder magazine was designed to minimise the risk of explosion. Only copper fittings were used and an elaborate lightening rod was fitted. People entering had to wear special shoes. Should an explosion occur the design of the building and compound would ensure the blast traveled upwards. The magazine closed in 1918 and fell into decay. The roof was removed to stop vagrants sleeping there and was almost demolished. The National Trust restored the building in 1966.
Beechworth's Robert O'Hara Burke Museum dates back to 1857 when it was first built as the main building for the Beechworth Young Men's Association which held regular meetings at which its members listened to lectures and read essays on a range of subjects. In 1858 the group, and building, was renamed as the Be
The former Bank of New South Wales in Beechworth was built in 1856-7 on a prominent corner of Ford Street and Camp Street. Initially an agency for the Bank of NSW which was opened in 1853 and three years later as the gold rush grew in Beechworth the architects Robertson and Hale were commissioned to design the existing and substantial bank building.
The Beechworth town hall and erect a double storey building. Early on the hall also served as a Court of Petty Sessions, with the magistrate seated in an elaborate carved chair. Kerosene chandeliers illuminated the hall for social occasions. Adjacent are the 
