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Place #1
Distance: 0.17mi , Attraction : Photo display and maps
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15 Main Rd, Beech Forest VIC 3237, Australia
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Beech Forest Visitor Center
Time to stretch your legs, and take a rest break. Wander around the Information and History Centre. To the right side is an engaging photo display covering the history of timber and small gauge rail in the Otways. Also there are great photos of surrounding scenery and local waterfalls.
To the left of the Visitor Center is an impressive iron silhouette, worthy of your close attention. We might ask a Quiz question about this.
Then walk along the concrete path in an easterly direction. To your left you will see a small playground. A bit further back is the original Beech Forest lockup. The door is open. Imagine spending time as a fugitive. Very basic conditions indeed!. Keep walking east, soon you will see your next tour point, the Beechy Hotel.
Grab 30 seconds and get your directional bearings. Click on the 360 degree panoramic video clip below.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyybIRe9uXA
Place #2
Distance: 0.03mi , Attraction : Refreshments
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Beechy Hotel
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Beechy Hotel
The Beechy Hotel is synonymous with the history of the Otways.
The first pub was built in 1888. There is a local myth that J.W. Gardner, who built the Hotel, reputedly constructed the 14-room building using the timber from a single giant mountain ash.
* Through the 1890s Beech Forest became a major timber centre. At one time there were reputedly 29 timber mills in the district.
* In 1902 a narrow gauge railway from Colac reached the town.
* In 1911 the Beech Forest railway was extended to Crowes. At the time it was the longest narrow gauge railway in Victoria. The railway provided transport for local timber (beech myrtle, blackwood and Mountain Ash) were cut down.
* After World War I the town became a major centre for potato production.
* In 1919 a bushfire destroyed the town and the Beechy Hotel. It was rebuilt to the east of the original site. Its was partially damaged by fire in the 1960s
* The railway through Beech Forest closed in 1962.
* Today it is surrounded by pine plantations which sustain the local timber industry.
From the Beechy Hotel, follow the Main rd east, to the chainsaw sculptures.

  http://www.thebeechyhotel.com.au/
Tour itinerary stops | Additional places you'll see on this self-guided tour

Map Pin Place 1 Beech Forest Visitor Center
Map Pin Place 2 Beechy Hotel
Map Pin Place 3 Chainsaw Sculptures
Map Pin Place 4 Southorn Street
Map Pin Place 5 Train turn around
Map Pin Place 6 North view
Map Pin Place 7 Three trees
Map Pin Place 8 Church of England > Art Gallery
Map Pin Place 9 Cliff Young
Map Pin Place 10 Fern Glade
Map Pin Place 11 Quiz



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