Welcome to Myrtleford

Beautiful scenery, tranquillity, rivers and mountain views will enchant visitors to Myrtleford nestled in the Ovens Valley with Mt Buffalo providing a dramatic backdrop.

The town is a flourishing commercial centre and the hub for the timber, hops and tobacco industries as well as the expanding premium winegrape market.

Traveling on foot or by bicycle is the best way to explore Myrtleford and its surrounds. There's a wonderful view of the town from Reform Hill which you can reach via the walking tracks. On the western side of town on the Great Alpine Road is the Phoenix Tree, where, to the centre of its root system you will see the Phoenix Bird sculptured by Hens Knorr. At the entrance to the town is a old log Tobacco Kiln which has been relocated and represents one of the industries that Myrtleford has been built on.

Approaching Myrtleford travellers are struck by the beauty of the mountains. From these mountains run fresh clean waters forming the rivers and streams, which finally join together to form the Ovens River.

This river has been the life blood of Myrtleford since 1837 when the first squatter John Hillas erected his huts and stockyards on its banks. Soon after, miners began to arrive in the region in search of gold. The track the miners hacked along the Ovens River is now the Great Alpine Road.

(courtesy of www.visitmyrtleford.com.au).