RESTAURANTS & CAFES

PLACES TO EAT IN BRIGHT

Happy Valley Loop

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…

Cross country skiing

Learn to cross country ski and go free-range. No crowds, no lifts, no passes. Cross country is your key to exploring this winter wonderland at your own pace, powered by you. Cross country skis may look similar to other skis, but the mechanics are quite different. Although you’re still sliding on snow, it takes some understanding and practice to stay upright and get around efficiently. Practice the basics of weight transfer and efficient glide to get you started exploring the…

Sullivans Lookout

The Sullivans Lookout Rest Area has a wonderful view of Mt Beauty in the distance. It’s well worth the stop if you’re on the Tawonga Gap Road to Falls Creek. Located in the Kiewa Valley on the Bright-Tawonga Rd, Sullivans Lookout has breathtaking views of Mt Bogong, Mt Beauty and its regulating pondage. It’s an opportunity to take spectacular photos.

Gather and Harvest

Gather and Harvest hand crafts a range of luxury candles, soaps, lip balms, bath bombs and diffusers in its studio in the pristine Victorian High Country. Gather and Harvest’s soy candles are poured into recycled glass bottles, that have been hand-cut by a women’s community group in Bali. Each candle directly helps to improve a woman’s life. Olive oil, goats milk, sheep milk and honey sourced from local alpine area farms are used to make Gather and Harvest’s range of…

Mount Beauty Garden Cottage

Mount Beauty Garden Cottage offers family and pet friendly holiday accommodation in the Victorian wine and alpine high country. This self-catered accommodation includes a full kitchen, 1.5 bathrooms, three bedrooms sleeping six guests. Bathroom contains toile and shower over the bath, and 2nd toilet is located off the laundry. Laundry contains laundry sink, washing machine and dryer. Available year-round, regional activities include; gourmet food and wine trails, bush walking, snow skiing, mountain biking and road cycling, golf, canoeing and fishing.…

Harrietville trout fly fishing

Snowy Creek

Mount Beauty Gorge Walk

The Kilnhouses

Staying at the kilnhouses is a unique experience where contemporary luxury and design is combined with the stunning beauty and history of the Ovens Valley High Country. Cavedon’s and Eurobin Kilnhouse are at once simple, sophisticated, contemporary and luxurious. Utilising the original tobacco kilns built on the farm, each house boasts soaring ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, polished concrete floors and contemporary fittings. The Sorting Shed is impressive in both size and ultimate luxury, this two-storey design even has its…

BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES

TRY OUR AWARD-WINNING BEVERAGES

A visit to Bright & Surrounds isn't complete without a taste of our local craft brews, fragrant gin, apples cider or moonshine.

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FARM GATES

PRODUCE RIGHT FROM THE SOURCE

Out here, we know where our food comes from. Want to know where the locals source the best fresh produce?

CELLAR DOORS

TRY OUR AWARD-WINNING WINES

Crisp cool nights and warm summer days make the Alpine Valley one of the country's most delightful boutique wine regions.

Spring Tunes, Picnic Vibes at Ringer Reef
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MARKETS

FRESH PRODUCE & ARTISAN WARES

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