town in Victoria, Australia

Tawonga, Tawonga South and Mount Beauty are adjacent villages in the upper Kiewa River Valley in the Victorian High Country.

Understand

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Map of Tawonga-Mount Beauty

Tawonga is the original settlement, and Mount Beauty is a "model" town built as a construction village for the Kiewa Hydro-electric Scheme of the 1940s. Mount Beauty is separated from Tawonga South by the Kiewa River, and from the point of view of travellers Tawonga South and Mount Beauty are a contiguous small town.

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Tawonga, Tawonga South, and Mount Beauty are a one-hour drive from Albury-Wodonga on the Kiewa Valley Highway. The road is a minor country highway and sealed.

The villages are 4 hours from Melbourne on the Hume Fwy (M31) to south of Wangaratta, Snow Road to near Myrtleford, and then Great Alpine Road to Running Creek before joining Kiewa Valley Highway.

Buses are available to Mount Beauty and then to Falls Creek:

Get around

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Mount Bogong with the village of Mount Beauty below
  • 1 Mount Bogong Lookout, Kiewa Valley Highway, Tawonga. Mount Bogong on Wikipedia
  • 1 Treats Cafe, 238 Kiewa Valley Highway, Tawonga South (Inside Bogong Ski Centre), +61 3 5754 1515. Small casual cafe with cakes, drinks, and a lunch menu. A good place to fuel the family before the final drive to Falls Creek, or recover from motion sickness on the return.

Drink

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Sleep

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Stay healthy

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  • 1 Mount Beauty Hospital, 2-8 Hollonds Street, Mount Beauty, +61 3 5754 3500. 24/7. Provides urgent care, but does not have a fully equipped specialist emergency department.

Mount Beauty is the closest provider of medical services to Falls Creek outside of the snow season.

The nearest hospital emergency departments to Tawonga and Mount Beauty are in Wangaratta and Albury-Wodonga.

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Mount Beauty is the nearest town to the Falls Creek ski resort, which is 30 km away on Bogong High Plains Road, approximately a 45-minute drive. Mount Beauty is the usual location to hire snow chains, which must be carried on Bogong High Plains Road once leaving Mount Beauty in the winter. Parking at Falls Creek, either daily or overnight, should be booked in advance.

This city travel guide to Tawonga-Mount Beauty is a usable article. It has information on how to get there and on restaurants and hotels. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.