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Apsley At The Crossroads

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The major roads at the Crossroads are from

North to South & East to West

 

Apsley, favourably situated on the scenic Wimmera Highway, is approximately halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide.

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Take a break at Federation Corner, just at the Crossroads signpost, and from here, take the 5km (or shorter if you wish) round walk to Newlands Lake, especially in spring when the wildflowers are in their glory.

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​The Lakes and Wetlands in our region are a nature lover's delight; take time out to discover all there is to enjoy around Apsley.

 

​​WHILE YOU ARE HERE ALSO WORTH A VISIT ARE:

  • Naracoorte's World Heritage listed Fossil Caves and the renowned Sheep's Back Museum

  • The Coonawarra Wineries Cellar Doors                           

  • ​Penola's Mary MacKillop Centre

  • Harrow's Cricket Discovery Centre

  • Edenhope's murals depicting the First Aboriginal Cricket Team of 1868 and walk or cycle around Lake Wallace

  • Bringalbert Lake has free camping, view the farm sculptures on the way and read the history of the First Aboriginal Cricket team to tour England in 1868

  • Lake Charlegrark for Boating and Fishing and an enticing Caravan Park

  • Bailey's Rocks at Dergholm

  • Mount Arapiles lookout

  • Goroke and Kaniva Silo Art​​

The beautiful flowering gum (eucalyptus ficifolia) has watched the passing traffic for around eighty five years. It was a spectacular sight in the autumn when in full bloom. Many trees were planted about 1936 in preparation for the Back to Apsley 1937's celebrations, they were watered and tendered by the then Apsley State School children.

During a storm in August 2024, a huge branch of our beautiful flowering gum split and fell. Thanks to the West Wimmera Shire, their workers have tidied the site and salvaged the timber whilst the Apsley Action Group have enlisted a specialist timber person to advise if it (the timber) is useable for a purpose.

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Information from Max Taylor Remembers, a collection of stories he related to Barry & Maureen Reader, May 1999. copyright.

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