Adelong Attractions
Adelong (pop. 890) is a little town in the southern highlands on the Snowy Mountains Highway which dates from gold rush times. In the mid 19th C there were some 29,000 gold-miners here, producing around 200 metric tons of gold (Golden Gully).
Visitors can still fossick for gold here.
Visitors can still fossick for gold here.
Adelong Falls
At Adelong Falls, 2km north on the road to Gundagai from Adelong, are attractive picnic areas and ruins of buildings of the gold rush period.
Main Street
The old buildings on the main street (Bank of New South Wales, Old Pharmacy) of Adelong are protected as national monuments.
