Beaufort is located on the Western Highway just 30 minutes west of Ballarat and is a great place to try local produce and Pyrenees wines.
The main street of the town is dotted with small cafes and trattorias offering local produce and wine and the local Motel houses a wonderful collection of Imperial Eggs.
With Mount Buangor State Park and Mount Cole State Forest in the vicinity, as well as three other state parks nearby and the Grampians National Park not much further on, the limits to adventure lie only in your imagination.
The power of getting back to nature is quite underestimated and anyone of any age can enjoy the wonders of this sanctuary. Waterfalls, lookouts, dense bush and open plains can all be experienced from a number of different ways including walking, picnics, mountain bike riding, horse riding, four wheel driving or even hang gliding. Dynamic Flight Hang Gliding School has been operating full time since 1991 in the Beaufort area and is one of the few hang gliding schools in Australia that operates year round. Their location provides access to a large variety of launch sites which cater for every wind direction.
The area around Mount Cole is scattered with fire places and huts for shelter and offers the perfect camping environment and walks ranging from 20 minutes to two days.
With such an interesting variety of things to do, visitors are surprised by what can be experienced in both a long or short stay in the area.