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Carpolac Railway Line
The Carpolac Railway Line was a railway line located in the Wimmera region of Victoria that branched off of the Serviceton railway line at Horsham railway station, Victoria. It was opened from Horsham, Victoria, Horsham to Natimuk, East Natimuk in August 1887, East Natimuk to Goroke, Victoria, Goroke in July 1894 and then from Goroke to Carpolac, Victoria, Carpolac in May 1927 and closed on December 8, 1986. Line Guide Branched from the Serviceton railway line at Horsham railway station, Victoria, Horsham station Remlaw railway siding, Remlaw Siding Vectis railway station, Vectis Quantong railway station, Quantong East Natimuk railway station, East Natimuk junction with the Balmoral railway line Natimuk railway station, Natimuk Arapiles railway station, Arapiles Mitre railway station, Mitre (formerly St Mary's/Mitre Lake) Duffholme railway station, Duffholme Gymbowen railway station, Gymbowen Goroke railway station, Goroke Mortat railway station, Mortat Carpolac railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria. The district is located within parts of the Loddon Mallee and the Grampians regions; and covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Australia border and north of the Great Dividing Range. It can also be defined as the land within the social catchment of Horsham, its main settlement. Most of the Wimmera is very flat, with only the Grampians and Mount Arapiles rising above vast plains and the low plateaux that form the Great Divide in this part of Victoria. The Grampians are very rugged and tilted, with many sheer sandstone cliffs on their eastern sides, but gentle slopes on the west. In the context of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, the Wimmera is a sub-region of located within the Murray Darling Depression bioregion. The Wimmera is one of the nine districts in Victoria used for weather forecasting by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |