Historic swing bridge on the Latrobe River (built 1883), near Sale

Rosedale
Small service centre in the heart of Gippsland
Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town 184 km east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway. Once a staging post on the Port Albert to Sale coach run, it is now the administrative centre of the Rosedale shire which extends to the east and includes Ninety Mile Beach.

The earliest European inhabitant in the district is thought to have been a man named Blind Joe who lived in a hut on the Latrobe River. The town is named after and built upon the site of a station owned by David Parry-Okedon, who, in 1843, called his run Rosedale after his wife, Rosalie.

The area was once part of the Holey Plain grazing run, owned by the Curlewis brothers. Edward Cooke, who emigrated to Australia in 1837 and purchased a station at Omeo in the early 1840s, used the run as a holding station for the livestock which he drove to Port Albert for shipment to Van Dieman's Land. He later leased the property and his son built an impressive homestead with a four-tiered tower on the site in 1889. Cooke's descendants still live in the district.

Things to see:  

Nambrok and buildings of historic interest
"Nambrok", located 8 km east of Rosedale, is an unusual, striking and architecturally significant brick mansion built in the 1860s for the pastoralist grandson of Philip King, New South Wales' third governor. Essentially a product of the classical revival it features a series of arches supported on columns, bay windows, Dutch gables, and a stout central tower. Unfortunately it is not open to the public. The Rosedale mechanics institute and a hotel also survive from the nineteenth century.

The Strzelecki Ranges
Rosedale is a good starting point for scenic excursions throughout the district and constitutes the major approach point to the Grand Ridge Road, which winds along the backbone of the Strzelecki Ranges. See also Mirboo North.

Holey Plains State Park
5 km south-east is Holey Plains State Park, with its small swamps, forests and woodlands of white and prickly stringybark, peppermint, banksia, golden grevilleas, the rare Gippsland grey box and, in spring, an assortment of wildflowers. A series of enjoyable nature drives are outlined in local pamphlets and a picnic can be enjoyed at Holey Hill, which can be reached by travelling along the Rosedale to Stradbroke Road.

	Motels
	Coach Lamp Motel Princes Hwy Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2301 Rating: ***
	Rosedale Motel Princes Hwy P.O. Box 49 Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2555 Rating: ***
	Hotels
	Rosedale Hotel Lyons St Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2504
	Rosedale Tavern Princes Hwy Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2460
	Caravan Parks
	Rosedale Caravan Park Princes Hwy Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2202 Rating: **
	Restaurants
	Coach Lamp Motel Princes Hwy Rosedale VIC 3847 Telephone: (03) 5199 2301