Chiltern

The area around Chiltern is the traditional lands of the Dhudhuroa people. The nearby Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site, in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, includes artworks created by the original inhabitants of the Chiltern area, including one ochre painting thought to represent a Thylacine, an animal now extinct and which has been extinct on mainland Australia for thousands of years.

Chiltern is one of Victoria's oldest towns; many of Chiltern's buildings are on the National Trust. Many shopkeepers and miners from around Beechworth and the Ovens Valley districts followed the rush and relocated into Chiltern during the mid-19th century.

Chiltern has a well preserved historic streetscape. It has been used for the production of several movies. It has a small museum, with enthusiastic curators who will gladly show you around.

• 🌍 Chiltern Athenaeum Museum, ☏ +61 3 5726 1280. M-F 10AM–3PM. Sa-Su 10AM–4PM. (updated Nov 2021)

Chiltern is a craft and antique shop kind of town.

There is a bakery on the corner of the main street. Other choices are the cafe or the pub.

• 🌍 Chiltern Bakery & Cafe, 27-29 Conness St, ☏ +61 3 5726 1000. M-Sa 6AM–4PM, Su 6AM–3PM. (updated Nov 2021)

There is an historic pub on the main corner.

• 🌍 Lake Anderson Caravan Park, Alliance St, ☏ +61 3 5726 1298. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. (updated Jul 2021)

• Wangaratta is not too far away, only half an hour southwest via the C377/C381 and M31