Corryong

Overview

The largest township within Towong Shire is Corryong, offering visitors an unexpected variety in shopping, accommodation, eateries, self drive tours and sporting facilities.  Situated on the Murray Valley Highway, the setting is incredibly peaceful with a number of lookouts presenting magnificent views of Corryong, its surrounding valleys and to the Australian Alps.  

A dynamic and attractive older-style country town, Corryong is has a busy main street of mixed architecture, both historic (pioneer) and 1950s architecture. Surrounded by spectacular countryside, moutain peaks, tree-clad ridges, alpine streams, granite boulders, Murray River, Regional, State and National Parks, a truly unique filming location.

History

It is believed that the area was occupied by the Pjallanganmiddang Aborigines prior to white settlement.  The first cattle station here was established c. 1838 and this is still cattle country.

Explorer Paul Edmund Strzlecki pased through the area on his way to Gippsland in 1840.  The district was opened up for selection in the 1860s and consequently, a township began to emerge to cater to the needs of the small landowners.  

A school opened in 1872 and in 1875 the first store opened.  The townsite was surveyed in 1879 with land sales proceeding in 1882 - the year the Courthouse Hotel became the town's drinking establishment.  The name derives from the Aboriginal term 'cooyong' meaning 'bandicoot'.

Places of interest

Mt Mittamatite's Embery's Lookout (Hang-Gliding Drop-off)
Playles Hill Lookout
Briggs Gap (Spectacular Snowy Mt Views)
The Man from Snowy River Museum (Huge Unspoilt Collection of Historical Artifacts)
Jack Riley's Grave (the Man from Snowy River)
The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival (Rileys Ride)
Historic Corryong Showgrounds
Nariel Valley (Nariel Creek)
Tom Groggin Station (Wilderness & Hidden Valley)
Mt Gibbo, Mt Pinabar, Mt Sassafras, Gentle Annie

Accommodation

Contact the friendly staff at the Corryong Visitor Information Centre:

Address: 50 Hanson Street, Corryong, Victoria
Telephone: 02 6076 2277   
Facsimile: 02 6076 2152               
Email: vic@towong.vic.gov.au

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