Wangaratta Art Gallery
Art Galleries · Wangaratta
Wangaratta Art Gallery sits in the city's arts and culture precinct on Ovens Street and shows a program of self curated and touring exhibitions covering…
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Victoria · 3677
New in Wangaratta? Start here
Everything a new arrival actually asks in the first month, answered from the 46 businesses, clubs and places we list here. No sponsored entries, nothing paid for.
First, the thing people get wrong
Wangaratta sits where the Ovens and King rivers meet, on the Hume Freeway and the Melbourne to Albury rail line. Murphy Street and Reid Street form the retail centre, and the town has a base hospital, a large textile history and a growing food manufacturing sector. The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues each spring is the biggest event on the local calendar.
Wangaratta is in Victoria, postcode 3677, and 4 of the towns people here use day to day are in New South Wales. That is why this matters more in Wangaratta than it does most places: the state a job is done in decides which trade licence applies, which public holiday calendar sets the penalty rate, and which regulator hears a complaint.
If you are hiring anyone, the border check tells you which state's rules apply to an address, and the licence check opens the right register.
The shape of the place
Wangaratta is the town the surrounding district drives into, not the other way round. These are the facts that decide who you ring and where you go, rather than the ones a tourism page leads with.
| State and postcode | Victoria, 3677 |
|---|---|
| Local council | Not recorded yet |
| Population | about 19,500 |
| Businesses based here | 46 across 14 categories |
| Businesses that travel in | 0 |
| Nearest larger centre | None within an hour. Wangaratta is where the district comes. |
VICstate
3677postcode
46businesses based here
0that travel in
1events coming up
What is actually based in Wangaratta
Not businesses that cover Wangaratta from somewhere else — these have an address here. For a small town this is the part worth knowing, because it is the difference between a trade you can walk to and one you wait a week for.
Electricians 6 based here Restaurants 5 based here Builders 5 based here Mechanics 5 based here Plumbers 4 based here Motels 3 based here Pubs 3 based here Accountants 3 based here Hairdressers 3 based here Real Estate Agents 3 based here Cafes 2 based here Veterinary Clinics 2 based here Art Galleries 1 based here Walking Trails 1 based here
Where to eat and drink
Places with an address in Wangaratta rather than ones that deliver to it. Work through them rather than eating at the same place for a year.
Eat
- Restaurants 5
- Cafes 2
Pubs and clubs
- Pubs 3
What there is to do
Including the free ones, which is what you want in the first month before you know whether you are staying.
Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
Walking Trails · Wangaratta
One of Australia's best known rail trails, 137km of sealed path linking Wangaratta with Myrtleford, Bright, Beechworth and Yackandandah.
Hours not published Details
What is on
Markets, open days and come and try nights. Free to submit if you run one.
7 Nov
Wangaratta Swap Meet
Parts, tools, signage and project cars at the showgrounds. Sellers book a site, buyers pay at the gate. Food van on site from seven.
Wangaratta ShowgroundsWhen something breaks
Trades with a yard or an office in Wangaratta. Every listing shows where its details came from and when they were last read.
Electricians 6 listed Builders 5 listed Mechanics 5 listed Plumbers 4 listed Accountants 3 listed Hairdressers 3 listed Real Estate Agents 3 listed Veterinary Clinics 2 listed
Before you pay a deposit. Ask which licence they are working under
for your job and check it. It takes a minute on the
licence check, and on this border the
licence that counts is the one for the state the work is in, not the state the
business is registered in.
Moving to Wangaratta
What state is Wangaratta in?
Wangaratta is in Victoria, postcode 3677. That decides which trade licences apply to work done here, which public holiday calendar sets penalty rates, and which regulator handles a complaint. On this border those are three separate things worth knowing.
How do I meet people in Wangaratta?
Clubs are the fastest way into a regional town. We do not have the Wangaratta club listings up yet, so the local council and the neighbourhood centre are the places to ask.
What is there to do in Wangaratta?
We list 2 things to do in and around Wangaratta, across art galleries, walking trails and more. 2 of them are free.
Who do I call when something breaks?
We list 31 trades and services covering Wangaratta. Every listing shows where its details came from and when they were last read, and the licence check tool opens the right state register so you can check a number before you pay a deposit.
Is this page a paid guide?
No. Nothing on it is sponsored, nobody paid to appear, and ordering comes from how complete a listing is rather than from money. It is assembled from the same data as the rest of the site.
Somewhere to stay while you look
- Motels(3)
Worth the drive, across the border
- Corowa37km
- Howlong50km
- West Albury60km
- South Albury60km