This is often a quiet, empty place of bushland, native flora and fauna. 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 a historic treasure trove. Once spring-fed Aboriginal rock wells close these historic trail loops.