West Gippsland, a region of
Gippsland in
Victoria,
Australia
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, extends from the southeastern limits of metropolitan
Melbourne and
Western Port Bay in the west to the
Latrobe Valley in the east, and is bounded by the
Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the
Mount Baw Baw Plateau in the
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
to the north.
Geography
The western part of the region around Western Port Bay and the
Bunyip River is mostly flat (much of it having been reclaimed from the drained Koo Wee Rup Swamp), while the eastern part consists of low rolling hills.
To the north these hills become steeper as they merge into the Great Dividing Range. In the mountainous north around
Noojee
Noojee is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, north of Warragul and east of Melbourne, in the Baw Baw local government area. At the 2016 census, Noojee and the surrounding area had a population of 157. The town benefits fr ...
logging remains an important industry, while a small winter resort is located to the northeast at
Mount Baw Baw. Further to the east are the small township of Erica and the historic gold mining town of
Walhalla.
Nature reserves in the region include Bunyip State Park,
Mount Worth State Park and
Baw Baw National Park. Principal towns of West Gippsland include (from west to east along the
Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...
)
Drouin,
Warragul and
Trafalgar.
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Regions of Victoria (Australia)
Gippsland