We were so fortunate to find this place - we were thinking of breaking our journey in Albury and someone on a forum on this site mentioned Beechworth as an alternative. What a shout - Beechworth is just great.

The 'town' is really only two main roads which cross each other - whatever time it is, it is quiet where traffic is rare. A lot of buildings in the town are preserved by Australian heritage but even the ones that aren't are beautiful. We spent our time just walking up and down browsing and of course buying scrummy cakes at the famous Beechworth Bakery. We did visit the court house where Ned Kelly was tried and it is so well done.

And so to Foxgloves. When we arrived, Sheila came out to meet us, showed us our room and offered us 'something naughty with cream'. This was served in the beautiful garden with as much tea as you liked. Sheila then helped us with ideas for dinner - all of which were of course in strolling distance.

Our room was beautiful... more