Maryborough is a large town in the Central Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia.

Understand

Visitor information

• 1 Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre, Cnr Alma & Nolan Sts (Near the centre of town, 10min walk from train station), ☏ +61 3 5460 4511, visitorinfo@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au. 9AM—5PM daily. Manned by volunteers, the centre provides lots of useful information about sights, restaurants and accommodation in the town and surrounding region. Stocks free brochures and maps, a number of souvenirs and can also arrange guided tours of the town on request. There's also a small display with a few historic photographs and a scale model of the famous 69 kg "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget. (updated Nov 2015)

Get around

The town is served by a modest bus network. Route 1 serves the town's south, Route 2 the north, Route 3 the east and Route 4 the west. Each route generally runs nine services each direction on weekdays, with five services on Saturday and no operation on Sunday. A map of the network is available here.