The small town of Omeo is located in an attractive open and undulating plain, surrounded by high mountain ranges, and on the Great Alpine Road which links Bairnsdale with Bright and Wangaratta.

Originally a pastoral area, the discovery of gold in 1851 saw the town boom, however things ultimately declined as the gold ran out, and cattle and sheep grazing took over as the town's major industry. Remnants of the town's gold-mining history can be found at the Oriental Claims Historic Area, located a few kilometres west of Omeo.

Fishing is a popular activity in the many creeks and waterways in the area, while there are many picturesque small communities and scenic lookouts on a number of the roads around Omeo.

The town centre of Omeo is situated on the slope of a hill along Day Avenue, offering scenic views over the many historical buildings in town. The A.M. Pearson Historical Park features the town's court house and the original police log lock-up. An extensive recreation park stretches from the commercial centre at Day Avenue right down to Livingstone Creek and features walking tracks, a rotunda, and a swimming area in a wide section of the creek. Omeo's regional information centre is located at the German Cuckoo Clock Shop which displays a wide range of hand-crafted cuckoo clocks.

The alpine resorts of Dinner Plain and Mount Hotham are located less than an hour drive west of Omeo, and are popular with visitors all year round.

Cuckoo Clock Shop On display is a wide range of hand-crafted cuckoo clocks as well as giftware and tourist information

	Oriental Claims Historic Area This park features caves, mines and other remnants of the area's gold-sluicing operation days, with several walking tracks, a lookout and BBQ facilities
	Alpine National Park Victoria's largest National Park, including alpine areas and snowfields

	Omeo Region Tourism guide for Omeo featuring maps, tourist drives, events and accommodation
	Dinner Plain Alpine Village Situated 44 kilometres from Omeo, this picturesque Alpine village has an extensive collection of cross country trails and in the warmer months offers good fishing, bushwalking and bike riding trails
	Mount Hotham Alpine Resort Located 11 kilometres past Dinner Plain, the Mount Hotham Alpine Resort offers outstanding ski and snowboarding terrain, first class resort facilities, and it receives higher natural snowfalls than any other Victorian ski resort

The Great Alpine Road 300 kilometre touring route from Wangaratta in Victoria's north-east, across the Great Dividing Range into alpine parks and resorts, then through timbered and pastoral land down to Bairnsdale on the Gippsland Lakes

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