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Tours

 

MIV's Bus Tours allow members of the public to visit several Mechanics' Institutes on a day-long  bus trip. The Tour will usually stop at three or four Institutes, and often drive past several others throughout the day. These tours give an inside view of Institutes, and showcase their facilities and projects, as well as showing how different each and every Institute is.

 

Tour notes booklets are available for purchase  for each of the tours listed and mapped.

 

Goldfields (2006)

Melton - Bacchus Marsh - Ballan - Gordon - Mt Egerton - Buninyong - Ballarat - Miners Rest - Creswick - Clunes - Newstead - Maldon - Bendigo - Eaglehawk - Castlemaine - Forest Creek (Wesley Hill) - Fryerstown - Chewton - Taradale - Malmsbury - Drummond - Kyneton - Newham - Lancefield - Romsey - Riddles Creek - Bolinda - Brunswick

 

Alps and Athenaeums (2008)

Wandong - Tallarook - Wangaratta - Milawa - Whorouly - Wandiligong - Bright - Stanley - Beechworth - Chiltern

 

Heading for the Hills (2012)

Warrandyte - Doreen - Mernda - Athurs Creek - Strathewen - St Andrews - Panton Hill - Christmas Hills - Kinglake West - Whittlesea - Upper Plenty - Wandong - Strath Creek - Seymour - Tallarook - Wonga Park - Yarrambat - Nagambie - Heathcote - Tooborac - Kilmore - Wallan

 

Pieces of Eight (2013)

Gisborne - Woodend - Kyneton - Malmsbury - Taradale - Elphinstone - Chewton - Fryerstown - Campbells Creek - Castlemaine - Harcourt - Sutton Grange - Redesdale - Mia Mia - Barfold

 

Ballarat Region Tour  (Mechanics' Institutes Australia 2018)

Ballaarat MI - Federation University Ballarat (School of Mines) - Scarsdale - Federation University Ballarat (EJ Barker Library) - State Library Victoria Offsite Store - Buninyong - Miners Rest

 

Melbourne Region Tour (Mechanics' Institutes Australia 2018)

Melbourne - Footscray - Flemington and Kensington - Brunswick - Carlton - Collingwood - Prahran

 

Other Tours for which notes are not available for purchase:

 

Goldfields (2004)

Dandenong Ranges (2004)

Gippsland (2007)

Mornington Peninsula (2009)

Casey Cardinia (2010)

Bass Coast & Phillip Island (2011)

MIs west of Melbourne (2012)

Lardner to Leongatha (2013)

Williamstown and the Bellarine Peninsula (2014)

South-Eastern Surprise Peninsula (2016)

Gippsland - Berwick to Briagolong (2017)

Gippsland West - North-West Baw Baw Shire (2019)