RESTAURANTS & CAFES

PLACES TO EAT IN BRIGHT

Mt Fainter Pack Horse Tour

Showcasing the West Kiewa, Pretty Valley and Mount Fainter, this expedition includes high plains, heritage huts, brumby country, wild rivers, stunning views and secluded camps, our renowned horses and campfire meals. The horses are a feature of this expedition, each of them our own bred and trained mountain horse, expertly matched to the rider. Each day the camp is packed up, loaded onto the packhorses and the journey continues. Riding is between 15 to 25 kilometres per day with opportunities…

Bright Autumn Festival

The Bright Autumn Festival is a ten-day celebration of the wonderful autumn colours and autumn produce of the valleys of Victoria’s Alpine High Country. The highlight of the festival is Gala day on Saturday May 2nd, with a market, music in the streets and a grand parade. Other highlights of the festival include the Festival Opening, Wandi Nut Festival on Saturday and Sunday 25 & 26 April, the Bright Art Gallery’s Autumn Exhibition, tours by the Bright Historical Society, theatre…

Amaroo

Imagine your perfect Bright getaway. Do you ski, ride, climb? Maybe just catch up with friends and family, work, relax, enjoy the fresh alpine air and starry nights? Amaroo – meaning beautiful place, has been lovingly created to offer everything you could need to complete your perfect experience. This brand new home in the ideal location ticks all the boxes with the perfect touch of modern and cosy style to help you feel like you are living in the pages…

The Gorge Lookout and Chalet

The Gorge Day Visitor Area is perched on the edge of Mount Buffalo Gorge, offering stunning views over sheer granite cliffs down to the Ovens Valley. A regular launching place for abseilers, rockclimbers and paragliders and at the base of the historic chalet, the Gorge picnic area is easy to find, has lots of parking, is incredibly pretty and views to knock your socks off. The Visitor Area boasts a viewing platform and toilets for disabled visitors and a historic…

Hotel High Plains

Conveniently located just 10 minutes from Hotham Alpine Resort and Hotham Airport, Hotel High Plains is your premier, year round host, in the spectacular and unique Alpine Village of Dinner Plain. Their in-house Cobungra Bar and Stone’s Throw Restaurant provide exceptional dining experiences, and hospitality with personality, in a true, quintessential High Country aesthetic, filled with large open fireplaces, internal rock walls and huge natural timbers, that create a warm and inviting ambience. A carefully constructed, extensive wine list consisting…

Alpine Valleys Wine Region

On this tour of the Alpine Valleys you can tailor your visit to include four or five of the regions finest wineries and cellar doors. Pick up from your accommodation in the morning is around 10:00am and drop off around 5:00 – 5:30pm. Experience a range of the boutique wineries that surround Rutherglen including: Touring in a comfortable spacious air-conditioned 11-seater bus, or the Mercedes Valente with sunroof, limousine style seating and scenic windows takes up to seven passengers. Still…

Bright Beauty Clinic

Bright Beauty Clinic is a well-established, trusted environment for everyone to enjoy. Nestled in the heart of Bright, Northeast of Victoria. They aim to provide a welcoming, friendly atmosphere with a desire to deliver professional beauty and clinical skin services with the utmost care and efficacy, working together to achieve your beauty goals. The qualified and experienced beauty therapists offer a comprehensive range of professional beauty and skin therapy services, using international dermatological skincare, mineral makeup, aromatherapy oils and nail…

Autumn In The High Country

Explore the stunning town of Bright in the heart of the Victorian High Country during Autumn as the town is transformed with one of the best displays of Autumn colour in the country. You will learn everything about photographing the magical Autumn colour as well as the breathtaking High Country landscapes along with theory based sessions on topics such as composition and light as well as how to process your images. The Autumn In The High Country workshop will allow…