Moorooduc is a rural township on the
Mornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geo ...
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Melbourne
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Victoria
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Australia, south-east of Melbourne's
central business district, located within the
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had ...
local government area. Moorooduc recorded a population of 1,004 at the
2021 census.
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The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula.
Moorooduc Post Office opened on 27 August 1890 and closed in 1980.]Mornington Railway
The Mornington Railway is a heritage railway near Mornington, a town on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Victoria. The line is managed by the Mornington Railway Preservation Society and operates on part of the former Victorian Railwa ...
Preservation Society operates steam and diesel train services from Moorooduc railway station on weekends and public holidays.
A short walk from Moorooduc railway station is the Moorooduc Quarry Flora and Fauna Reserve.
Attractions
There are a number of different things to do in Moorooduc including;
* Mornington Tourist Railway
* Devilbend Golf Club
Education
Moorooduc Primary School (No. 2327) opened on 1 November 1880, on the current site located on Mornington-Tyabb Road. In 2006, the school celebrated 125 years.
Sport
Golfers play at the Devilbend Golf Club on Loders Road and Moorooduc Saddle Club is located on Derril Road.[.]
The Mornington Peninsula Pony Club provides dressage, show jumping and cross-country facilities for young equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
enthusiasts.Mornington Peninsula Pony Club
/ref> The club is affiliated with the Pony Club Association of Victoria.
See also
* Shire of Hastings
The Shire of Hastings was a local government area about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, encompassing the eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1 ...
– Parts of Moorooduc were previously within this former local government area.
* Shire of Mornington – Parts of Moorooduc were previously within this former local government area.
References
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Suburbs of Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula