Thompson
in Baw Baw of Victoria, Australia
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Latrobe Valley Airport (17 mi) - RAAF Base East Sale (41 mi)
- Bairnsdale Airport (63 mi)
- Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (72 mi)
- Mount Hotham Airport (81 mi)
- Melbourne Essendon Airport (84 mi)
- Melbourne International Airport (88 mi)
- Benalla Airport (100 mi)
- Wangaratta Airport (107 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -37.967 and 146.417 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -37° 58' 0" and E 146° 25' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:31 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:53 am and 5:30 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 39.393 and -31.248 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Lajedo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Touring Thompson
Thompson in Baw Baw (Victoria) is a town located in Australia about 239 mi (or 384 km) south-west of Canberra, the country's capital place.
Time in Thompson is now 05:31 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Australia / Melbourne with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 9 airports nearby Thompson, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Australia is Latrobe Valley Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, 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: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 49% |
| Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
15°C (60 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Walhalla's Star Hotel
Videos from this area
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Motorcycle Camping at Rawson
Great Camping spot and fantastic motorcycling roads. Had some great fun on this trip. Website Story & Photos: http://www.bikerbits.com.au/adventures/rawson_motorcycle_camping_sep_2011.shtml.
Dad Daughter Ride Day.wmv
Daughters are wonderful at organising parents. This is one such day. So we Dads and a few others, struggled through for the sake of our daughters! We had on the trip Honda Transalp 700, Honda...
Walhalla Goldfields Railway - Climbing from Thomson to Walhalla 26-7-14
Climbing through the spectacular Stringers Creek Gorge on the former Victorian Railways 2'6" gauge Walhalla line, now a tourist railway known as the Walhalla Goldfields Railway. The locomotive...
D DAY 2011 Paintball
D Day 2011 paintball, a Phoenix paintball event, Phoenix Paintball has amazing events, this one had 150 people from all over. it is an amazing Day. Pheonix paintball is in Rawson victoria....
Motorcycle Road Review - The Rawson V
A motorcycle road review of "The Rawson V" ...Traralgon to Rawson, out to Lake Thomson Dam and Back to Rawson, then cruise to Moe. This was one of those roads that just seemed to flow beautifully...
Locomotive 7A at Walhalla 100th Anniversary
Locomotive 7A was shipped to Walhalla to celebrate 100th Anniversary of the line. Interestingly, it is also 7A's 100th birthday Of the four original Victorian Railways 2'6" narrow...
Friends of Australia: Dick Smith on his best personal experience
Watch this clip and find out what Dick Smith's best personal experience is.
7A at Walhalla 30.5.2010
Last of 6 public runs behind 7A at Walhalla. The weather was very wet. This caused a small landslide which delayed the second train, which in turn caused the 3pm (last) train to depart at 4pm,...
WILL THE HILUX DO IT ??!! R.I.P HILLBILLY....
river xing..
Berries MTB Trail
Me and a mate, riding the start of the Berries trail at Erica MTB Park. All filmed on my GoPro Hero Helmet cam.
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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.
Rawson, Victoria
Rawson is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Tyers - Thomson Valley Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw. The town was established for workers involved in the construction of the Thomson Dam, which was completed in 1983, Rawson Post Office opening on 17 April 1979. At the 2006 census, Rawson had a population of 279.
Platina railway station
Platina was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in 1910, and consisted of a passenger shed and a number of sidings. The Evans brothers built two lime kilns nearby in 1912, and had their own siding at the station. In 1944, the railway line between Platina and Walhalla was closed. The lime quarries and kilns ceased operating in 1951, causing the closure of the Erica to Platina railway the following year.
Murie railway station
Murie was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in 1910 and was closed on 22 April 1914. In lieu of Murie station, Knott's Siding, located a half-mile towards Moe, was opened to passenger traffic.
Knott's Siding
Knott's Siding was a railway siding on the Erica narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The siding opened with the line. After the closure of nearby Murie station in April 1914, the siding was opened to passenger traffic. In 1922 a second siding was opened on the Knott's Siding known as Fullwood's Siding, this operated until 1941. The main Knott's Siding was closed in 1922, and was used only as a shunt from Fullwood's siding.
O'Shea and Bennett's Siding
O'Shea and Bennett's Siding was a railway siding on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named for the local sawmill company of William O'Shea and David Bennett. The siding opened in 1921. Located at the down end in a dead end was the White Rock Lime Company's original siding, later moved to Platina. It closed in 1941 under the name Ezard's Siding, the name having been changed after the purchase of O'Shea and Bennett's sawmills by James Ezard in 1931.
Thomson railway station
Thomson was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located where the line crossed the Thomson River. The station was situated on the section of line closed in 1944. The station reopened in 1995, and is now the headquarters of the Walhalla Goldfields Railway. The platform and wooden station building had been reconstructed at Thomson for use by WGR tourist trains as the current terminus.
Walhalla Goldfields Rail Trail
The Walhalla Goldfields Rail Trail is a 7 kilometre rail trail which follows the former route of the narrow gauge Walhalla railway line between Erica and Thomson station, near Walhalla in Victoria's east. Another small section of the former line, where it runs through Moondarra State Park between Moe and Erica, is also open as the unofficial Moondarra Rail Trail.
Thomson River Diversion Tunnel
The Thomson River Diversion Tunnel, also known as the Horseshoe Bend Tunnel or the Chinese Tunnel, is located on the Thomson River near the junction with Coopers Creek (and the locality of Platina), approximately 4 km south-west of Walhalla, Victoria, Australia. The river flows around Stockriders Spur in a horseshoe bend. The tunnel was driven through the spur diverting the river and allowing the exposed river bed to be sluiced for alluvial gold.