Benalla

'The Rose City on the Lake' - A Bushranger's Home Town

Home town of Ned Kelly, also home to Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, Captain Hector Waller and Michael J. Savage. The historic Botanic Gardens lie beside Lake Bennalla. A double row of elm and place trees surround what is commonly described as the most picturesque cricket oval in the country.

source: visitvictoria.com

Benalla Art Gallery; photo David Scaletti 1991 courtesy Tourism Victoria

Attractions:

Lake Benalla
Historic Benalla Botanic Gardens, especially rose gardens
Benalla Regional Art Gallery
Costume and Pioneer Museum
Anton Gaudi-inspired Ceramic Mural
Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Memorial
Lake Mokoan and Lake Nillahcoote
Warby Range, Reef Hills and Mount Samaria State Parks

Just the facts:

Contact:
Benalla Rural City
Visit Victoria
Getting there: 195 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, two and a quarter hours north-east along the Hume Freeway or the Midland Highway.