Experience Swifts Creek, Ensay & Cassilis

Pencil in a stop at Connor’s Hill lookout situated between Ensay and Swifts Creek. Here you can see for miles across grazing paddocks, crops and mountain ranges. Get up closer to the land by hiking, cycling or swimming your way around the backroads and rivers. Go bushwalking or try a loop track to the ever-popular camping spot at Nunniong High Plains, set out on the scenic Bentley Plain Walks from historic Moscow Villa Hut, wander through old-growth forests and vibrant alpine wildflowers, and uncover gold rush history along the Jirnkee Race Walk or the Mt Hepburn Mine Trail near Cassilis.

Entering Swifts Creek, a saw mill brings you right back to another era and you can imagine exactly what the towns would have been like in the golden days of gold mining and logging. Venture further and take the back road between Swifts Creek and Omeo to explore the historic Cassilis. Once a thriving mining community and now a ghost town and home to the original goldfields. The 3600 hectare Cassilis Historic Area mines are now a popular attraction along with a number of walks featuring relics of the gold mining era.

Idyllic temperatures here make for the perfect growth of olives at the Nullamunjie Olive Grove and grapes make a fresh drop at the Ensay Winery.

After all the exploring you are going to love the Great Alpine Gallery a beautiful place to take a look at works by local artists who are clearly inspired by the wonderful countryside surroundings. Take a peaceful stroll along the Poets Walk in Swifts Creek, where six stone cairns display verses from John Butler’s evocative poem “A River’s Mark,” guiding walkers through native plants and alongside the looping Tambo River.