Edwardia is located
in the centre of a heritage town,
just 40 minutes north of the 12 Apostles.
Camperdown accommodation
perfect base for day trips
to all South-west Victoria's attractions
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Camperdown's Italianate Clocktower

Camperdown clocktower really sings even in mid-winter.   During the day it chimes every 15 minutes  but is silent at night.     During the Rotary Market,  0n the first Sunday of every month the clocktower is open and affords spectacular views from the top and a fascinating talk on the  working mechanism.

Camperdown Historical Walking Tour

The Historical Walking Tour guide is available from the Information Centre or from here.

Wombeetch Puuyuun
Park

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Camperdown aboriginal garden and interpretive bas-relief sculptures are on land originally granted to a local aboriginal  named Bullenmerri.   However, the grant was never gazetted and was reclaimed by the Government  after the death of the grantee's son.
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This is one of two aboriginal  symbolic depictions of Corangamite country  erected at the park along with interpretations of each symbol by their two aboriginal creators.    Other interpretive signs outline the history of the park and related aboriginal history.

Camperdown Courthouse Gallery and Info Centre

The Camperdown Information centre is diagonally opposite Edwardia  and next to the Shire offices, where the oldest statue of the Scottish Poet, Robert Bums  is on display.
 Each year Camperdown hosts a Robbie Bums Festival in late June.

Camperdown Heritage Centre

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The Heritage Centre is open from 10-3 pm on Tuesdays and the first Sunday of the month.  It houses a museum and research centre and historical tours of the area can be arranged by negotiation.

Camperdown in 1885

"At Camperdown the tourist passing through en route for Warrnambool, Belfast, or Portland   misses other magnificent scenery.  Everyone bound on a holiday trip should lay over here for at least one day and ascend Mount Leura and survey the view over the lakes from the public park. A week might be spent here with advantage. And Camperdown is not a bush township. It possesses first class hotel accommodation, and a visitor can be perfectly happy and comfortable, and buy everything necessary at its store".

The Botanic Gardens

Perched above the town and overlooking Camperdown's two  spectacular volcanic lakes you will enjoy Botanic Gardens  that were designed by William GuilFoyle, the creator of Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.

Monument to Local Aborigines

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In Camperdown cemetery there is a unique monument  erected the memory of the local aboriginal tribes by  James Dawson a local settler  and campaigner for aboriginal right, who along with his daughter Isabella, wrote Australian Aborigines, the languages and customs of several tribes of Aborigines in the western district of Victoria.  Dawson erected the monument after the death at the age of 43 in 1883,  of the last of the local aboriginal  tribe, Wombeetch Puuyuun (also known as Camperdown George).

Dry Stone Fences

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Corangamite Dry Stone walls
The Dry stone walls  surrounding Camperdown are the best in Australia and  the local visitors centre can provide directions for an interpretive self-drive car tour  on which you view excellent examples of a variety of construction methods.

Explore Kanawinka Geo-park

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Lake Gnotuk from Camperdown's Guilfoyle gardens
Camperdown's  volcanic Lakes and Craters;  Mt  Leura, Mt Sugarloaf, Lake Bullen Merri and Lake Gnotuk  are all located within  the town boundary.    They form part of world Heritage listed Australia's Kanawinka Geopark.