Car Hire Wangaratta - Mini guide to Wangaratta
Walkabout in Wangaratta
Visit and discover the history of Wangaratta, Australia.
Pick up your car hire and your map of this historical settlement. Take a step back in history, starting back in 1824 when the Explorers Hume and Hovell crossed the river downstream from the present city of Wangaratta. They named the river Ovens after an Irish-born soldier and chief engineer of NSW Major John Ovens.
1836 Thomas Mitchell, in his .Austrialia Felix. expedition delineated the first Sydney-Melbourne Road. You, too, may like to travel this route in your car hire and visit some of the Wineries in and around Wangaratta. Another sight to see would be the .Wangaratta. cattle station, established by George Faithfull in 1837 to 1838.
1838 Thomas Rattray established a sly grog shop and punt service on the southern riverbank. Later selling his establishment to William Clark, also regarded as the .Father of Wangaratta.. Drive your car hire down the road, see the first built houses made of slab and timber with a bark roofs and 4 cm slots instead windows, to protect against Aborigines attacks. The first postal outlet built in 1843 and 1848, the first brick building was erected.
The fascinating and intriguing history continues on, as Wangaratta grew to what we know today. At the present time, drive out in your car hire to the Wangaratta Livestock Selling Complex to enjoy the Rural Expo in February. June; enjoy the Winery Walkabout on the Queen.s Birthday. Then, October and November experience the Agricultural show and the Festival of Jazz and Blues.
These are just some of the things you can enjoy in Wangaratta. Plus there are many other places to see and things to do. Warby Range State Park and the Killawarra State Forest just to name a few. A place definitely worth visiting.
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