Korweinguboora is situated on the road between Ballan and Daylesford in central Victoria. Originally known as Spargo Creek, the hotel was built for the workers in the early1900's when a reservoir was built on the nearby Werribee River to store water for Geelong.
The roof of the original building can be seen in the photograph. The unique position of the hotel is it's isolation from the rest of the area. Travelling through dense bush, the hotel is the only building for miles and miles.
Unfortunately the hotel is now a private residence in the middle of nowhere... back in the nineties a young, smart, entrepreneur took over the license and marketed the isolation with country music.. to the extent that 10 to 20 buses every Saturday and Sunday nights would travel from Melbourne full with patrons. But like everything...it died...just like this historical hotel.
Daylesford was founded in 1852 with the finding of alluvial gold in the area. In 1857, the Farmers Arms Hotel was the first hotel built situated on the road from Melbourne on the way to the gold field.
The original Savoia Hotel, was built in 1870′s and is situated in the picturesque township of Hepburn Springs.
The town was destroyed by fire in the early 1900's, the town was rebuilt in predominately Edwardian style architecture, such as the hotel today
Hepburn Springs is a resort town located in the middle of the largest concentration of mineral springs in Australia. It is in Victoria, 48 km northeast of Ballarat.
Hepburn Springs was originally known as "Spring Creek", hence the name of the hotel.
The Savoia is named after the royal family of the unified Italy.
www.savoiahotel.com.au/
Established during the Victorian gold rush, the Swiss Mountain Hotel was one of Victoria's oldest licensed hotels until it was recently closed due to dwindling patronage.
Originally
the hotel was named the The Manchester, but was renamed the Swiss
Mountain in the 1880's by the new owner, a Swiss immigrant, Andre
LaFranchi. The LeFranchi family operated the hotel for 80 years.
An interesting history of the Blampied district by Aussie Rules football identity, Phil Cleary can be found here.
