Moe-Yallourn - Places to See

Gippsland Heritage Park
Moe's principal tourist attraction is Gippsland Heritage Park, a pioneer township consisting of thirty old buildings relocated from the Gippsland region and set on 8 acres of land at the western end of town. Bushy Park homestead, originally situated on the Avon River at Briagolong, was built by Gippsland explorer, Angus McMillan, in 1850, out of pit-sawn redgum timber, after the original homestead had been destroyed in a bush fire. 'Loren', dating back to 1853 or 1854, is one of the few remaining examples of the prefabricated iron houses which were once imported from Great Britain. It was initially located in Curzon St, North Melbourne. The Cobb and Co. Coach Inn, known as Rhodens Halfway House, is a slab building with lath and plaster outer walls that was built in 1850. It was originally located east of Packenham on the Melbourne to Sale run. The miner's hut was erected on the Tanjil goldfields c.1860 and is a good example of the bark huts which once dotted the Gippsland goldfields. Once the office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths, the Neerim post office, as it became in 1920, sold sweets, stationery and school supplies. Sunny Creek School, built in 1889 on Sunny Creek Road, between Traralgon and Yarragon, is one of the few surviving examples of a weatherboard design once common in Gippsland. Other items of interest are a general store, a church, a doctor's residence, a livery stable, a seamstress's shop from Traralgon and the Kilmany railway station and platform, complete with a K-class locomotive. There is also a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, including the Gippsland Omnibus, which still carries up to twelve people around the town. For more details contact (03) 5127 3082. It is open from 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. in summer and 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. June, July and August.

Newborough Lookout
Yallourn open-cut mine operations can be viewed from the Newborough Lookout which can be reached by taking the Yallourn turn-off at the Princes Highway and following the signposts.

Views of the Latrobe Valley
The Latrobe Valley can be surveyed from the top of the Moe South hills at Westbury, from the lookout at Yallourn Heights and from Coalville Road.

Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve
The Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve is 750 hectares of protected bushland which evokes the unsullied environment of pre-European Gippsland.

Other Attractions
Blue Rock Lake possesses picnic, barbecue and boat-launching facilities, a wealth of trout for the keen fisherman and a range of native flora and fauna, including the Sambar deer. To reach it, head north and take the turn-off to the right in the direction of Moondarra, then turn left at the Tanjil South turn-off and continue along the road to the signpost on your right. Alternatively, for a scenic drive, avoid the Tanjil South turn-off and continue north past the Moondarra State Park, through the historic goldmining town, Walhalla, and on to Baw Baw National Park, Mount Erica and the Victorian Alps.