Major Mitchell cairn monument is one of many commemorative monuments to Major Mitchell scattered across the south-east region of Australia.
The third expedition of Major Thomas Mitchell was undertaken in 1836, the first European person to visit the area now known as Wedderburn.
The cairn is located about 5 kilometres south of Wedderburn on the Calder Highway. Other than the cairn monument to Major Thomas Mitchell and the two brown signs along the highway on approach to it, there isn’t anything there.
There is little room for parking so if you stop you need to take care and consideration for traffic along the highway. As a safer alternative to parking close to the monument, there are side roads at either end and you can walk back to it.
There is a small dirt track, Monument Dr, less than 100m on the same side of the highway so you don’t have to cross the highway to get to the cairn.
Monument Drive is quite narrow but if you are towing you can continue straight ahead and turn left at the end onto Wedderburn-Wedderburn Junction Rd which will take you back to the highway.
Mitchell Lane is wider and a little closer to the cairn but you will need to cross the highway. In spite of it being wider than Monument Drive, if you are towing it may be better to park in Monument Drive as there is no through road so you will have to find somewhere to turn around on the road itself.
