WHETHER you want to tour the Benalla township and surrounding areas taking in brilliant artworks, find delicious places to eat and drink, shop till you drop, watch race cars speed around or surround yourself with nature, winter 2022 is the perfect time to do it.

Three new self–guided driving tours have been designed for visitors to explore the area at their own pace and start and finish in Benalla.

The Cheese, Wine and Wetlands tour will take you around two or two and a half hours to complete and covers 75kms, with approximately 15km of unsealed roads along the way.

You will travel to Little Cedar Goats Cheese, Winton Wetlands, Taminick Cellars/Black Dog Brewery and Baileys of Glenrowan so make sure you leave plenty of room for samples.

The aMAZing, Roses and Wine tour will take close to five hours and is a 135km round trip from Benalla.

There are five stops to make with the first being at Samaria Farm and the last at Brookfield Maze.

Silos, Pubs and Country Trails is a full day tour covering a 150km roundtrip.

You will visit the North East Victoria Silo Art Trail, Tallis Wine, Dookie and country pubs along the way.

For more information on the tours or other events in Benalla visit https://www.enjoybenalla.com.au/.