Attractions in the area - Great Reasons to Visit!

Wineries
The area is a major Victorian wine-making centre with many wineries' cellar doors open for visits and tasting. Here are a few that you can sample within easy driving distance from Brecon House.

Local award winning Murchison Wines [2 mins] is also within a short walk from Brecon House. Established in 1975, the picturesque Murchison Wines Vineyard is planted on the west bank of the Goulburn River. This beautiful winery is now owned and operated by Guido and Sandra Vazzoler.
Guido is a qualified winemaker - come and taste for yourself the quality of his product. Sandra is a cheesemaker - and so Longleat now has a casual café which specialises in cheese platters and good coffee - as well as the wine.
The cellar door complex is nestled amongst the vines, providing a tranquil setting for wine and cheese tasting. Come and relax under the vine-covered pergola-and enjoy!
Murchison Wines is located in the picturesque river bank town of Murchison - just 15 minutes north from Nagambie and 25 minutes south from Shepparton.

Tahbilk [15 mins] is one of the oldest wineries in Australia with Mitchelton [20 mins] very close by.
Twelve Acres [20 mins] is a small local winery specialising in red wine and at Plunkett Wines [25 mins] everything is grown, made and bottled on the estate.

Other Attractions
Nagambie with its lake, for water sports, and its weir [15 mins]; also the Waranga Basin [10 mins], which are part of the area's irrigation system, provide boating and fishing.

Wetlands.
Masses of birds, fish, insects, frogs and a great variety of plants, are found in the floodplain wetlands of the Murray-Darling basin. These backwaters, billabongs, marshes swamps and lakes are places of intense biological activity.
In Murchison there is the virtually untouched splendour of 'Doctor's Swamp' and in Tatura there is 'Cussen Park', which is a reborn Wetland that is now an remarkable, accessible, park with bird-watching hides. Come and see it but remember to leave only your footprints!

Don't forget a visit to Kids Town in Shepparton for the kids!

Gold mining towns such as Rushworth with the Balaclava Gold Mine [15 mins].

Skydiving and parachuting [10 mins].

Murchison is a great place for a stopover to stock up on good cheap fruit. At the heart of Australia's food bowl, the major fruit preservers and food canners SPC-Ardmona [20 mins], Campbell Soups [30 mins] are located within easy reach in nearby Shepparton. They both have factory outlets where you can bag a bargain!

Shepparton [25 mins] is a major provincial city.

The area is a major centre of dairy farming.

The friendly local people.