Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve
The reserve is a delightful picnic and walking area, with playground for the kids, barbecues, graded walking trails, the historic Hepburn Bathhouse and Spa and Pavilion Cafe.
Have a wander along the creek to each mineral spring and taste the famous mineral water from the pumps or free-flowing pipes throughout the reserve. Bring an empty water bottle and fill up on your favourite mineral waters from Australia's first mineral reserve which was created in 1865. Visitors can sample water from the Soda, Sulphur, Locano, Wyuna and (a couple of kilometres' walk away) Argyle springs.
Captain John Hepburn, John Gardiner and several convict servants left Sydney in search of holdings in the Port Phillip district and ended up taking a large 'run' at the southern slopes of Mt Kooroocheang. It is not entirely sure when Hepburn stumbled across the spring but in 1851 he supposedly requested the Government Analyst to test the water for mineral properties. The resulting test established the water was 'of great medicinal benefit in Hepatic, gouty rheumatic and similar afflictions'.
Location
Mineral Springs Reserve Road, Hepburn Springs 3461 Map
