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Port Fairy To Warrnambool Rail Trail
The Port Fairy - Warrnambool Rail Trail is a 37 kilometre rail trail in southwestern Victoria, Australia. The official opening of the trail took place on 31 May 2012 at the Koroit Railway station building. The trail begins in Port Fairy, running north then east through Koroit where it turns back southeast to Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (A .... About two thirds is within Moyne Shire and one third within Warrnambool City. The overall construction cost of the project was approximately $2.2 million. The trail from Port Fairy to Illowa follows the path of a former branch line which ran from Port Fairy to Warrnambool and connected with the Melbourne-Ararat line, via Hamilton. This branch line was commissioned in 1884, completed in 1890. It served primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koroit Station Stevage
Koroit is a small rural town in western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia a few kilometres north of the Princes Highway, north-west of Warrnambool, Victoria, Warrnambool and west of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area located amidst rolling green pastures on the north rim of Tower Hill (volcano), Tower Hill. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Koroit had a population of 2,055. The town borrows its name from the Gunditjmara , Koroitch Gundidj people who occupied the area prior to European colonisation. History Prior to British colonisation the Koroit area was a rich source of foods for the Koroit gundidj people, whose descendants retain special links with the area. The first European knowledge of the area is the confirmed sighting of Tower Hill by French explorers sailing with Captain Nicolas Baudin aboard ''Le Géographe'' in 1802. The first European settler came to the Koroit area in 1837. A large number of Irish immigrants made Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
