Browse by Tag
BBQ
Educational
Free camping
Gold history
Gold prospecting
Swimming
Walking track
Advanced search
Search

Joyces Creek Mineral Spring Steps

  • 20200828 img 1537
  • 20200828 img 1538
  • 20200828 img 1535
  • 20200828 img 1536
  • 20200828 img 1540
Joyces Creek
SwimmingFishingPicnic blanket spot
Share Save
Pyrenees Highway, Joyces Creek VIC 3364

Explore other locations around this area using our interactive map

Features

  • Historic site of the Joyces Creek Mineral Spring
  • Swimming
  • Fishing
Did you know that Joyces Creek once had its own mineral spring recreation area, developed with concrete steps, seating, a parking area and ornamental trees? 

Lost beneath the seasonal waters on the edge of Cairn Curran Reservoir for more than half a century, the site has only recently been rediscovered.

Rediscovery of the Joyces Creek Mineral Spring


Local Newstead resident, Chris Simmins, unearthed the site. 

There is a fantastic Facebook post in the Lost Baringhup Facebook group with photos and lots of information about the site's rediscovery, excavation and history.

Location of the Joyces Creek Mineral Spring


The concrete stairs of the mineral spring have been excavated, and are located along the bank of Joyces Creek. 

These steps can only be viewed when Cairn Curran's water levels are low. 

See the map above for exact location. 

If you look at the mineral spring area using Google Maps satellite view, you can see the altered colour of the water downstream from the springs, caused by the mineral water entering the creek.

History of the Joyces Creek Mineral Spring


The mineral spring at Joyce's Creek was developed by the Joyce's Creek Mineral Spring Committee. 

About 1937 the spring's immediate surrounds were concreted, seating provided and deciduous trees planted (source: Heritage Study of the Shire of Newstead). 

The following article regarding the development of the springs was printed in The Argus, Thursday 19th March, 1936.
JOYCE'S CREEK SPRINGS
Trust Formed to Develop
NEWSTEAD, Wednesday.

A joint conference was held to-day at the site of the Joyce's Creek mineral springs, when representatives of the Borough of Maryborough and shires of Tullaroop and Newstead and Mount Alexander and other public bodies decided to form a trust to develop and open up the springs. 

Mr. Watson, analyst, advised that the springs be developed. The water contained solids and other ingredients rarely discovered in Australia. It was nearly up to the standard of the Hepburn and Daylesford springs, and he felt that had the sample taken been obtained at the natural outlet the results would surpass the standard shown in the analysis. 

The spring is three miles from Newstead and 15 miles from Maryborough, on the main road from Melbourne.

SEE ALSO





























DID YOU KNOW...

  • There are heaps of fantastic swimming spots throughout the Victorian Goldfields, including the Loddon River, Cairn Curran Reservoir, Laanecoorie, Turpins Falls, and many more!
 

Comments

No comments

Leave a comment