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Castlemaine, Maldon and Surrounds Official Visitor Guide (OVG) - NEW EDITION OPPORTUNITY

The Official Visitor Guide (OVG) for Castlemaine, Maldon, and the surrounding areas is your gateway to reaching thousands of potential customers! This beautifully designed 65-page guide is packed with inspiring content, showcasing the best attractions, experiences, and hidden gems of the region. By advertising in this highly visible publication, your business will gain exposure to a wide audience across Melbourne, Australia, and international markets.

The guide is distributed at key visitor information centres, local businesses, events, and through targeted mailouts, ensuring your brand reaches the hands of both tourists and locals. your business will be seen by an engaged, travel-savvy audience.

Choose from a range of advertising categories, including:

  • Delicious Destinations (food & drink)
  • A Creative Heart (art & creativity)
  • Experience Nature (outdoor adventures)
  • Discover History (heritage and culture)
  • Treasure Hunting (shopping & retail)
  • Unique Getaways (accommodation)
  • Celebrations (weddings & private events) new!

Download the media kit below to see size requirements and advertising prices.

To make your booking, email [email protected] by February 20, 2025 or by filling out this form

Contact Jess McNamara for more information. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to showcase your business to a wide audience— design files, images and details are due by March 15, 2025

 

Jessica McNamara, Tourism Marketing and Development Officer
Email: [email protected]

Accommodation Membership - list your stay with us! 

If you are an accommodation provider with Mount Alexander Shire, you can also list your accommodation with us and we can assist you with online bookings on this website through the Bookeasy platform, with different options for support and bookings. This accommodation partnership also provides your customers with face to face and on the phone support from our Visitors Centre - great for last minute booking opportunities or more tailored requirements. 

This year we are navigating some changes to our Regional Tourism Boards and as a result we have reduced our offer to provide the Essentials membership only, for $110 per year to access all of the above benefits.  

Full details here

Short Stay Levy Information

Effective 1 January 2025, we will apply a 7.5% levy to your accommodation rates to cover the Victorian Government Short Stay Levy, and collect this on your behalf. We will be applying the levy to all our accommodation operators by a default adjustment for bookings through our website and our Centres unless a written exemption is provided to us.

Operators who are exempt from the levy can avoid this adjustment by completing and returning the required declaration form confirming your exempt status. Please ensure that your completed form is submitted to us as soon as possible to avoid the levy being applied.

You can find the declaration form herehttps://www.sro.vic.gov.au/short-stay-levy/complete-declaration-premises-are-not-short-stay-accommodation.

Please email your completed exemption declaration to [email protected] as soon as possible. 

If your declaration is incorrect, both you and our service as the booking agent are jointly responsible for any shortfall in levy payments. We have the right to recover from you any levy amount we pay for you including any penalty tax or interest. 

If you have questions or concerns about the levy or its implementation, we encourage you to contact the Victorian Government directly for further information or to provide feedback via https://www.sro.vic.gov.au.

The Victorian Government have a FAQs page that may answer some of your questions: https://www.sro.vic.gov.au/short-stay-levy/faqs

Thank you for your cooperation and continued partnership. If you wish to discuss any of this further with our team, or review your pricing, feel free to call the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre on 5471 1795 or email via [email protected]

For any visitor services enquiries, please reach out to our friendly team at the VICs.

Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre
Market Building, 44 Mostyn Street,
Castlemaine, 3450
Phone: +613 5471 1795 or 1800 171 888
Email: [email protected]

Maldon Visitor Information Centre
Shire Gardens, High Street,
Maldon, 3463
Phone: +613 5475 2569 or 1800 171 888
Email: [email protected]