Donnybrook Spa (including Kal Kallo)
Melbourne's closest and the state's first mineral spring
Donnybrook is 34 km north of Melbourne, just 2 km east of the Hume Highway. It is best known for the Donnybrook Mineral Spring. The road to the spa from the Hume Highway traverses a bluestone bridge built in the 1870s.

Things to see:  

Donnybrook Spa Picnic Park
Located in Springs Rd, this is the oldest-known sparkling water spring in Victoria and the nearest to Melbourne. German immigrant August Sattler, who used the spring water in soft drinks, is responsible for developing the 12.5 ha recreational area around the spring. There are barbecues, undercover huts, five lots of playground equipment, a kiosk, toilets and, on weekends, horse and cart rides. It is open weekdays from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., extended to 6.30 p.m. on weekends.

Kal Kallo
Kal Kallo is a ghost town located on the Hume Highway, 1 km north of the turnoff to Donnybrook. It was the first overnight stop for those travelling overland from Melbourne to Sydney. As such it was an important township with an all-important water supply in the form of Rocky Water Holes. When it opened in 1842, the Fountain Inn became the first of seventeen such establishments at Donnybrook Spa, particularly after gold was discovered at Beechworth, thus accelerating traffic on the north-bound road. At its height the town had several churches, along with a number of supply shops. Little remains today other than the Kal Kallo Hotel and a disused Presbyterian church.

	Hotels
	Donnybrook Springs Hotel 825 Donnybrook Rd Donnybrook Spa VIC 3064 Telephone: (03) 9745 2380
	Restaurants
	Donnybrook Springs Hotel 825 Donnybrook Rd Donnybrook Spa VIC 3064 Telephone: (03) 9745 2380