attraction

Mount Remarkable Hotel This hotel replaced the original pug and pine inn built by one of the early police troopers at Melrose. The two storied building has lintels of red gum and timer shingles still visible in places. It has a quaint balcony and two single story wings that form a courtyard at the rear. […]

The Bridle Track is a popular free four wheel drive track which commences approximately ten kilometers south-west of Melrose leading off the Survey road from Melrose.

Melrose War Memorial and the Mount Remarkable Copper Mine Located on Joe’s Road on the hill (Mount Remarkable) overlooking the town the Melrose War Monument was constructed to commemorate those killed in action during World War I. It was paid for by public subscription. The World War II gates in the main street of Melrose

In the middle of the great 1860s drought, George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor General, was sent out to ‘lay down as nearly as practicable, the line of demarcation between the portion of the state where rainfall has extended and where the drought prevails’ (quoted in Mincham 1983:111).Goyder used the vegetation zones as guides for rainfall zones.

This pleasant 22 km cycle and walking trail was built in 1884 but not completed to Wilmington until 20 July, 1915.

Visit this fascinating piece of pioneer history near the Willochra Creek.