What is Hepburn Regional Park?
[[File:Mount Franklin (Victoria).JPG|thumb|300px|Mount Franklin, part of the Hepburn Regional Park]] The '''Hepburn Regional Park''' is a large bush and forest park which surrounds the towns of [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] and [[Hepburn Springs, Victoria|Hepburn Springs]], in the Central Highlands area of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/hepburn-r.p |title=Hepburn Regional Park |first= |last= |work=Parks Victoria |year=2013 |accessdate=25 August 2013 |archive-date=4 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804044127/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/hepburn-r.p |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Hepburn Regional Park was set up in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/315530/Heritage-story-Mount-Franklin-Hepburn-Regional-Park.pdf |title=Mount Franklin Heritage Note |first= |last= |work=pdf.js |year=2011 |accessdate=25 August 2013 |archive-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427030507/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/315530/Heritage-story-Mount-Franklin-Hepburn-Regional-Park.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It covers an area of 1,800 hectares.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&zix=r&p=58732&st=&s=Hepburn%20Regional%20Park&pg=1&m=0&c=1&x=143%2E7632&y=%2D37%2E762885&w=14348&mpsec=0 |title=Map of Hepburn Regional Park in Victoria |first= |last= |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |year=2013 |accessdate=25 August 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226111045/http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&zix=r&p=58732&st=&s=Hepburn%20Regional%20Park&pg=1&m=0&c=1&x=143.7632&y=-37.762885&w=14348&mpsec=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The park features a large number of minerals springs. In the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s' and 1860's there was a lot of gold mining in the area. There are many of these old gold mining sites within the forest. At the Blowhole on Sailors Cree