Alexandra Welcomes the Great Vic Bike Ride 2024
Welcome to Alexandra - we hope you enjoy your stay! While you are here our community has planned a host of fun activities to keep you entertained and refreshed.
Alexandra Street Party
- When: Friday 29 November
- Time: 4pm - 9pm
- Where: Grant Street, Alexandra
Alexandra’s main street will come alive with entertainment, great food and drinks and fun for all the family.
Listen to live music, enjoy some delicious country fare, craft beers and local wines and indulge in some late night shopping.
Our pubs, brewery and cafes will be open and ready to welcome hungry and thirsty cyclists. Explore our wonderful range of retail shops and get in a spot of Christmas shopping.
Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum
When: Friday 29 November
Time: Mid afternoon until dusk
Where: 7 Station Street, Alexandra
This fascinating tourist railway and museum features local timber history from the Rubicon Forest and other historical displays. Jump on board the magnificent steam locomotive for a ride through the station grounds.
Admission $10 pp includes access to the museum exhibits as well as unlimited train rides (or until the drivers are exhausted!).
Brews, Beats, Bites & Bikes @On Point Brewery
When: Friday 29 November
Time: Midday - 9pm
Where: 9 Downey Street, Alexandra
Mick O’Kearns playing live from 4pm.
Alexandra Outdoor Swimming Pool
- When: Friday 29 November
- Time: 1pm - 6pm
- Where: 13 Perkins Street, Alexandra
Cool off at the end of your ride in the Alexandra Swimming Pool. With three pools to choose from it's a perfect way to spend an hour or two relaxing in the sun. Best of all entry is FREE!
Alexandra Outdoor Swimming Pool
Alexandra Tennis Club
- When: Friday 29 November
- Time: 11.30am - 6pm
- Where: 11 Perkins Street, Alexandra
The folks from the Alexandra Tennis Club are opening their courts to Great Vic Bike Riders. Racquets and balls are available for those keen for a hit of tennis post-ride. Gold coin donations welcome.
-- ALEXANDRA MUST DOS --
* Ride the Great Victorian Rail Trail from Yarck to Alexandra
* Sample some country hospitality at a local café, bakery or pub
* Spend an afternoon among the birds and butterflies at McKenzie’s Flora Reserve
* Explore the great range of local shops and produce stores
* Take the kids to the Alexandra Youth Precinct and Skate Park located within the Alexandra township and featuring a skate park, pump track and playgrounds
* Pack a picnic and snap a photo of the stunning landscape and surrounding mountains at one of our lookouts including Acheron or Eglinton Cutting Lookouts and Lucky Mine Lookout
Did you know? When gold was discovered in the 1860s, Alexandra was known as Red Gate, after the gate that separated two grazing stations that prospectors travelled through. In 1867, Red Gate was renamed Alexandra in honour of the Princess of Wales.
