Daylesford, Victoria
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Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, approximately 114 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. First established in 1852 as a gold-mining town, today Daylesford has a population of 2,781 as of the 2021 census.
Daylesford as seen from Wombat Hill
J. Tenseld, Main Street, Daylesford, 1862, State Library of Victoria
Lake Daylesford
Aerial panorama of Lake Daylesford in summer, 2018.
Spa town
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A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa. Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
The statue of "The crutchbreaker" in the spa town Piešťany (Slovakia) – a symbol of balneotherapy
Print of Spa, Belgium, 1895
Ikaalisten Kylpylä, a spa center in Ikaalinen, Pirkanmaa, Finland
The Slatina Spa