I lived in Rushworth for 12 years and i would always ask mum and dad if we could go to Whroo when my cousins came to stay. It is filled with history, but i really just loved going down the stairs into the mine and through the scary tunnel. Visitors can still see the 25-metre deep open-cut mine on the hill. To the south of the hill is the site of the mine owner's homestead. Four large pine trees remain from his 4-acre garden. A row of sugar gums marks the site of a mechanics institute where balls were held on moonlit nights (owing to the lack of electricity) from 1859 to 1955