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 Bright
by name and brilliant by nature. Bright's famous avenues of huge deciduous
trees - oaks, ambers, poplars and Japanese maples - are now more than
70 years old, and every autumn they paint the town red, orange, gold
and yellow. Spring is also a beautiful time with rhododendrons, dogwoods
and magnolias bursting into bloom.
Bright's first settlers arrived after the exploration of Hume and Hovell in 1824, and the cattlemen began summer grazing their beasts in the High Country in the middle of the 19th century. The gold rush hit about the same time, with the nearby Buckland Valley producing rich finds. A new railway line was opened to Bright in 1890 and now forms part of the 98km Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail bike path. Italian settlers arrived after both World Wars and their skills in horticulture have driven the huge interest in wine making and local produce.
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town is noted for the Bright Autumn Festival, Springtime in Bright
Festival, antique and second-hand outlets, food and wine, river
walks, fishing, canoeing, rafting, cycling, bushwalking, 4WD, hangliding
and paragliding.
For Visitor Information Enquiries contact 1300 734 365or email info@visitdinnerplain.com
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