Baw Baw
District of Aberfeldy
in Baw Baw of Victoria, Australia
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Latrobe Valley Airport (37 mi) - RAAF Base East Sale (51 mi)
- Bairnsdale Airport (67 mi)
- Mount Hotham Airport (69 mi)
- Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (72 mi)
- Melbourne Essendon Airport (80 mi)
- Benalla Airport (81 mi)
- Melbourne International Airport (83 mi)
- Wangaratta Airport (88 mi)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Unesco heritage, 129 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -37.683 and 146.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -37° 40' 59" and E 146° 22' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 04:27 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 11:15 am and 9:07 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 39.393 and -31.248 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Lajedo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Discover Baw Baw
The district Baw Baw of Aberfeldy in Baw Baw (Victoria) is a subburb in Australia about 230 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital city.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Melbourne, Currie, Hay, Canberra and Katoomba. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 77% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 25th of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Sunday, 26th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 27th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Videos from this area
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Woods Point, Matlock through to Jericho, Toyota 200 Series Land Cruiser 4x4
Trip through to Jericho in the Victorian High Country, 200 Series Land Cruiser, before I had the 4x4 kitted out. This is on BF Goodrich All Terrain Tyres. Steep shale incline.
★ Jericho March 2012 ★
A day trip in an area that is not frequented by a lot of 4WDers. This is on the Melbourne side of the Thomson Dam and some fantastic little tracks. One in particular caught us out and spent...
★ Mt Selma After 200mm Of Rain June 2012 ★
A day trip out the back of Walhalla, Victoria, Australia. The area had almost 200mm of rain during the week before the trip and we weren't sure what conditions the tracks and rivers would be in.
Mt Baw Baw, Snow Trip, Victoria
Incredible snow trip to Mt Baw Baw, Victoria. Temperature was around -4 degree Celsius.
Nissan patrol goes snow, noojee 4x4
Nissan Patrol does the snow.
Blue Jacket Mine Hike Exploration - West Gippsland Inc.
West gippsland Inc. Another weekend of exploring and hiking. This time in the blue Jacket region north of aberfeldy. Stay tuned for more videos soon.
Mt selma tracks. SL 4wd club
Landcruiser 80 series Mad take off. Mt selma Pluto track.
Thomson Dam
This is a demo of DJI & Final Cut Pro.
Baw Baw Ride
Ride up Mt Baw Baw and a drink to my friend.
Winter 2018 ❄️
Aug 11, 2018.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Baw Baw National Park
Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 111 km east of Melbourne. It contains the Baw-Baw Plateau and Mount Baw Baw, a small ski resort, including nearby town, technically outside the national park. Geographically, Baw-Baw plateau is a plateau of several peaks (Mount Baw Baw, Mount St Gwinear, Mount St Phillack, Mount Erica and Mount Whitelaw) of largely subalpine terrane outcrops of weathered granite boulders dot the plateau with alpine meadows punctuated by stands of snow-gum.
Mount Baw Baw
Mount Baw Baw is a mountain in Victoria, Australia. Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort is an Unincorporated area of Victoria surrounded by the Shire of Baw Baw.
Woods Point, Victoria
Woods Point is a small town in Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Woods Point and the surrounding area had a population of 94. The town began as a general store built by Henry Wood, to service the gold diggings around the recently discovered Morning Star Reef. Wood's Point Post Office opened on 1 December 1862. By 1864, only three years after the discovery of the gold reef, the area had become a thriving town with 36 hotels.
Aberfeldy, Victoria
Not to be confused with Aberfeldie, Victoria, a suburb 9km north-west of Melbourne Aberfeldy is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on Mount Lookout, north east of Lake Thomson, 125 kilometres east of Melbourne. The area was settled in 1871 following the discovery of gold, a Post Office opening on 1 January 1872 (closed 1967). The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1885. It was initially known as Mount Lookout, but was eventually renamed after the Scottish town of Aberfeldy.
Matlock, Victoria
Matlock is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Warburton–Woods Point Road, in the Shire of Mansfield. The town began after gold was discovered in 1863. The Post Office opened on 21 July 1864, closed in 1934, reopened in 1956 (when a sawmill was established) and closed in 1970. Prior to 1864 the town was known as Emerald Hill, but was changed to avoid confusion with the Melbourne suburb of the same name (this second locality later underwent a name change to South Melbourne).
Tanjil Bren
Tanjil Bren is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Mount Baw Baw Tourist Road, 12 kilometres west of Mount Baw Baw in the Shire of Baw Baw. It was established during the Victorian Gold Rush. The town features a small store which sells snacks and is only open during the ski season. Four accommodation lodges, Mooshead, Reindeer, Jenny's and Timbertop Lodge, are located in Tanjil Bren. At the 2006 census, Tanjil Bren and the surrounding area had a population of 110.
Mount St Gwinear
Mount St Gwinear is a mountain in Victoria, Australia, located at the north-east end of the Baw Baw National Park in the Gippsland high country. It is popular with families looking for a cheap and accessible snow-play/tobogganing destination and cross-country skiers. The flat Baw Baw Plateau provides an abundance of easy touring terrain. Mount Baw Baw downhill ski village is approximately 9 km away across the Baw Baw plateau to the south-west and trails link the resorts.
Thomson River (Victoria)
The Thomson River is a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It starts below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw Plateau at an elevation of 972 m, where it shares a watershed with the Yarra River and Tanjil River, and ends at an elevation of 1.55 m merging with the Latrobe River near Sale. The Thomson River drops around 970 m over its 170 km length. The Thomson Valley was intensively mined for gold during the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Thomson River Dam
The Thomson Dam is located on the Thomson River about 130 km east of Melbourne in Gippsland near the former township of Beardmore and the Baw Baw National Park. Despite opposition from conservationists and farmers, plans for the dam were originally approved in late December 1975 to provide Melbourne with water security.
Jordan River Diversion Tunnel
The Jordan River Diversion Tunnel - a relic of the Victorian gold rush - is on the Jordan River near the locality of Jericho, about 7 km south of Woods Point in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The tunnel is about 30 m long x 4 m high x 3 m wide, cut through rock. The river still runs through it. No record has been found of the tunnel's construction and use.