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 I am offering  “FREE “ ONE or TWO DAY guided tours to show you most of the historic locations in Kelly country Victoria, And they have now been extended to include a ONE day tour to Jerilderie Nsw,  This Free offer is for a limited time  please read conditions at link below.
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ONE DAY TOURS
The Free offer with the one day tour is simular to the two day tour, except we just drive all day and see what we can see in one day, 

With the one day tour to Jerilderie, approx 680 Km's, we travel there and return the same day.

One day tour to Stringybark creek we visit Mansfield, SBC, and Powers Lookout


TWO DAY TOUR to Kelly country Victoria, approx 850 Km
You will see most of the significant historical sites and locations of where The Kelly gang story took place, here is a small map of some of the locations we visit.

Please read the following Carefully.

I am happy to drive your car if you don't know the area, This is a whirlwind tour, most stops will be only to take a picture or two, and we must travel at least as fast as the speed limit, where safe , Or you will run out of Daylight to complete the first day's site seeing, what we don't see on the 1st day will have to be completed early next day.

So what’s the catch you ask ? how can it be "Free "?

Well that’s easy, I do not charge you any Fees for the guided tour, BUT “Everything” is at YOUR own expense, fuel, All accommodation, food etc.

We travel in your car, and I try and stay at Tanswells Hotel, at Beechworth, your choice of accommodation is up to you, How could you beat this for a great offer ??

 MY PREFERENCE is to do this tour is during the week, because Beechworth can get very busy during the weekend and accommodation in Town can be hard to book, however most  weekend's are OK, we just need to check on the date when you want to travel

Cheers KC2000

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Below is a brief summary of what you  see on the Kelly country tour it does not show every detail

Day 1
Pick me up at Ringwood at 7.30 am SHARP

We start at Beveridge.


The Kelly farm site
First   church school
The Kelly house

Then to Avenel
The Shelton’s Royal Mail Hotel
Site of Ned’s school,
The Kelly 40 acre farm
Hughes Bridge and old toll house site
The approx site of Richard Shelton’s rescue
Red Kelly's grave
Richard Shelton grave
Court house

Then to Euroa
The National Bank robbery site
site of Faithfull creek homestead, weather permitting
Tom Gouge grave site
Seven creeks Hotel
Station street
Farmers Arms Hotel museum

Then to Benalla
Joe Byrne’s grave
Corporal Sambo’s grave
Martin Cherry’s grave
Dr Charles Nicholson’s grave
and others
Site of Benalla Police lock-up
Boot maker's shop
Benalla Courthouse and cell
Ned's green and gold sash
Farnley



Then to Glenrowan
Site of the Glenrowan Siege
Site of Anne Jones’ Glenrowan Inn
Intended train derailment site
Site where train was stopped by Curnow
Glenrowan Railway Station
Site of Station masters house
McDonnell’s Hotel site
Site where Ned was brought down
Site where rockets were fired
Various museums

Then to Wangaratta
Mad dog Morgan grave (criminal bush ranger)
Sargent Steele grave
Jones kids grave and others
One mile railway bridge
St Patrick's church
Various hotels and historical sites



Then to Beechworth
Beechworth Courthouse
Beechworth Jail,
Ned’s solicitor’s office
The Imperial Hotel ,Site of Ned’s boxing match with ‘Wild’ Wright
Beechworth Cemetery
Burke Museum
Tanswell’s Commercial Hotel
Star hotel
James Bray’s photographic studio
Stone lock-up
Church where Aaron Sherritt married
Telegraph Office
Site of Robert O'Hara Burkes police office
Police horse stables
Railway station
Hospital site
Gold office
Butchers blood drain, on footpath
Black power magazine
Telegraph rock
Ingram’s rock
Gorge drive

Woolshed Valley
Site of Woolshed School
Byrne Homestead site, depends on how much water in creek
Dam where Joe and Aaron swam and had fight with Chinese
Water race where Joe sneaked home while homestead being watched
Sebastopol township site, ( private property )
View of Police Caves and Kelly’s lookout
Anton Wick’s farm
Site of Aaron Sherritt’s murder hut and escape "tunnel" under road



Stay at Tanswells if available
Dinner at Beechworth , Walk around town or  you are free to explore by yourself


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DAY 2

Breakfast at bakery or hotel/motel
Finish Beechworth sites
Fill the tank and buy some lunch for later on

Then to Everton
Site of Victoria Pub
9 bridges over ovens river


Milawa
Portable cell
Old Court house
Cemetery various graves

Then to

Oxley

Then to
Greta
Site of O’Brien’s Hotel
Site of Greta Police Barracks
Kelly Homestead site
Greta Cemetery,


Stringybark Creek
Present day Kelly tree
Police memorial
Police camp site



Powers lookout
Site where Harry power roamed and captured
Lookout over Glenmore homestead (King river valley)

Tolmie (wombat)
Johnny Byrne house
Monks saw mill and home site

Mansfield

McColls homestead site
Lonigan grave
Kennedy grave
Scanlon grave
Tolmie grave
Dr Reynolds grave
McColls homestead site
Police memorial
Memorial to Dr Reynolds
Court house
Hospital


Then return home
 

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JERILDERIE, NSW, one day tour approx 680 km.
 

There are 16 sites to see in Jerilderie

Woolpack Hotel

Police station's , lockup and stables

Blacksmith Shop

Courthouse

Banks

Hotels

Museum

Telegraph Office

Cemetery

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PLEASE NOTE THE  CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED TO MAKE THE TOUR EVEN BETTER FOR YOU Click here to read    http://www.kellycountry2000.com/conditions.htm

TESTIMONIALS

Hi ya Bruce,

If you don't mind I'll throw my two bob in 

For those of you thinking of travelling to the NE to visit Kelly country I would strongly recommend to take up Bruce's offer. Bruce's knowledge of Kelly country is too good to knock back. Both Bruce & Tim in the early days showed me around sbc & Powers Lookout and most recently Bruce showed me around the police caves and of course a guided tour of the B/worth Museum & WOW I would have never have managed to locate the caves on my own, THANKS AGAIN BRUCE.

I must be honest when I speak of Bruce, he has a gentle nature & has a wealth of Knowledge when it comes to all things Kelly. Bruce talks you thru every detail of interest with a little bit of extra to keep you even more excited so if you're thinking about..... think no more and take up the offer its a trip well worth its weight in gold.

JOE D

Hi All,

can thoroughly recommend the tour after having spent the last few days with Bruce seeing the sites in the North East. Informative historical info aside, Bruce was great company and it was a real pleasure to spend a few days tracking down Ned and the gang.

Now looking forward to the wine tour!

regards

Marcus

Geez Bruce, this all sounds most familiar !!!
Goes to prove you can start at Beveridge and end up in the Woolshed all in 1 long 14 hour day and some 900 km's later !

A trip most should try & do before the weather makes it impossible !

Tim.

I was lucky enough to have Bruce take me on his 2 day tour of the Kelly Country while I was down from Sydney to experience some Commonwealth Games Magic. It turned out that the highlight of my holiday was all to do with Ned ! Bruce was so knowledgeable on Ned, his haunts, Victorian history, Eureka, Gold Rush, Museums, the roads to take, what lane to get in !!, where to take the perfect photo etc etc that he made those 2 days both memorable and enjoyable. Thanks Bruce and like others who have "posted" under this thread I can recommend this tour to any keen Ned fan.

Bruce was also kind enough to show this Sydneyite the Ned sites of Melbourne city and Ballarat not to mention that rogue Fitzpatrick's grave .

Bruce was really good company and he also gave me some copies of some CD's he had cut on the Police Caves and other places that we did not have time to visit.. or possibly stamina to get there !!.

Thanks Bruce for your time with me and also the Forum which has been a great educator for me and no doubt many other Ned fans. Of course a special thanks to Sharon ("Yankbird") for telling me about it and supplying me with many Ned "crumbs" that she appears to find !!

Michael

Once again a huge thx Bruce
Bruce you never cease to amaze me. Your knowledge of all things Kelly.... mate I'm lost for words  The tours of Box hill, Melb, & Ballarat Cemetery's was amazing you made it fun & easy as you zig zaged thru the cemetery's LOL I was lost @ the start @ the Burke & Wills plague.

I appreciate the manner in which you conduct the tours, very relaxed, informative & as always with that little bit of extra to top of tour TOP STUFF BUDDY 

Hey Bruce what's next 

Joe.D

Hello Bruce,
Thanks for a good trip. It was a lot of fun and I have learnt heaps.

Thanks
Regards,
Katrina

 Greetings Bruce and others,

Our Ned Kelly trip has been the best two days that we have spent in our quest to learn about the Kelly story, Travelling through the North East where the boys actually where is such a thrill, even walking through the cemetery at night was amazing, and the kids panned some gold (with a bit of help)

If anybody is interested in Australian history this is the only way to travel, and all for free, the kids are bursting to go again, anybody can read a road map, but all the hidden extra's that we would have passed by, made it so much better.

The O'Conner Family

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Last Update 08/03/2008

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