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Elegant central victoiran goldfields town, biggest alluvial gold field in the world in 1860’s. Much to do and see - visit the info centre in the old Market building. Wesley Hill Saturday weekly food craft market, farmers and craft market first Sundays in Central Castlemaine. B&B, Cafe scene, body work therapists etc w/e and mid week. Always creative arts - performance and visual- biannual Castlemaine State Festival March 2009, 2011. Winner of United Nations Australia Community Award World Environment Day 2008 for theme ‘Kicking the carbon habit, towards a low carbon economy’. Near Maldon, Mount Alexander etc. DYNAMIC!
Suggested by: Carol Mcdonough

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  1. 1 Jean Wyldbore
    Jul 30th, 2008 at 9:28 am

    Castlemaine is a terrific holiday destination all year! It has everything - extensive goldfield relic sites, glorious countryside (my favourites - a picnic on the top of Mt Alexander or by the water race at Golden Point), excellent food and wines, a great regional gallery and fascinating museums, beautiful parks and gardens, fine historic buildings, a fabulous arts scene, interesting events, Australia’s oldest continuously-operated theatre/cinema,and a warm and welcoming community. All complemented by the range of charming and interesting small towns nearby - Maldon, Newstead, Chewton, Fryerstown and so on.
    Am I ibiased? Absolutely. I lived there for 15 years, holidayed there recently, and want to go ‘home’!