balaclava mine whroo

Activity • Whroo

Balaclava Mine and Whroo Cemetery Trails

Exploration of the Whroo Historic Trail unearths evidence of a different, busy, crowded and culturally significant past. The open cut of the impressive Balaclava Mine marks one end of the journey. Remnants of Victoria's gold rush era can be discovered all along the way. Underground storage tanks, mining shafts and tunnels, building rubble and foundations, century old rubbish dumps and gold mining infrastructure comprise an historic treasure trove.

Whroo Historic Area is 65 hectares of a remnant gold mining township within the world’s largest ironbark forest of 24,300 hectares.